I'm going to publish my first (and probably last) all AI-written book!

Less than 24 hours, and the world will have full access to my crazy experiment with AI. Back in August, I wrote an entire book using ChatGPT. I streamed the whole process live in Twitch, gaining more attention than expected, I have to say. Following a Medium article that explained the process and the concept, I decided to go till the end. Here a brief time-line:

  • August 2024: I streamed on Twitch a live session to explorer whether it's possible to write a whole book with ChatGPT in less than 3 hours. Mission accomplished!
  • September 2024: Book design. This took longer than expected. I wasn't happy with IngramSpark built-in tools, nor with other "AI" tools on the market. I decided to go the manual way and design the book myself. ChatGPT helped with the cover. I decided the cover HAD to be AI-generated.
  • October 2024: Plot-twist! IngramSpark initially rejected the book, claiming that an AI-generated text has "no authorship". I had to turn into Saul Goodman and appeal the decision. Saul won!
  • November 2024: Searching for possible KOLs and social media influencers. I decided I don't want to make my hands dirty directly on social media, as I'm absolutely allergic to Instagram and TikTok. I collected some options, but didn't feel comfortable with proceeding with them yet.
  • December 2024: Posting the book on BookSprout, after failing with BookSirens and being still traumatized with NetGalley. BookSprout incredibly led to one 5-star review! I can't stop thanking the reviewer, who is also an affectionate follower of mine on Medium!
  • January 2024: Launching the book and challenging the Reddit community, that, I already know, won't spare harsh criticism to my morally questionable experiment.

Why did I do this?

I had in mind three main goals:

  1. Genuinely checking if an all-AI written book can actually sell and resonate with an audience, especially when the usage of AI is openly stated.

  2. Making fun of those social media gurus always in search of "easy money" methods, or worse, of new topics to sell courses about. "How I wrote my book with AI in 1 hour and became millionaire" and that sort of rubbish is clogging our feeds. This book wants to be a parody to denounce the huge pile of garbage that populates the online courses industry.

  3. Parodying a popular non-fiction book, which in my humble opinion, contains many interesting ideas, but that it is taken too seriously in its most simplistic parts and ended up cannibalizing its own author.

And you?

Would you read a parody non-fiction book written by an AI? Why Not, and why yes?

Do you believe we will see more AI-written books or will they be a flash in the pan, in the style of male leggings a while ago?