Joyce Carol Oates: formulaic fiction doesn't need a human author, and most pop culture is already slop
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-01
Author Joyce Carol Oates argued that AI-generated romance novels "make perfect sense": formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, just as machine-made and custom-made clothes coexist for different consumers.
Reposter Shakeel Hashim added that most popular entertainment is already slop, so it doesn't matter whether a human or AI makes it — aside from labor-market impacts.
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