Precarity and Solidarity: Preliminary Results on a Study of Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers' Experiences with Generative AI

23 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2025

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Carolyn Lamb

Queen’s University

Daniel G. Brown

University of Waterloo - David R Cheriton School of Computer Science

Maura R. Grossman

University of Waterloo - David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science; York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

Date Written: December 05, 2024

Abstract

We have undertaken a mixed-methods study of fiction writers' experiences and attitudes with generative AI, primarily focused on the experiences of queer and disabled writers. We find that queer and disabled writers are markedly more pessimistic than non-queer and non-disabled writers about the impact of AI on their industry, although pessimism is the majority attitude for both groups. We explore ways that generative AI exacerbates existing sources of instability and precarity in the publishing industry, reasons why writers are philosophically opposed to its use, and individual and collective strategies used by marginalized fiction writers to safeguard their industry from harms associated with generative AI.

Keywords: generative AI, queer studies, disability studies, fiction authors, mixed-methods

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Suggested Citation

Lamb, Carolyn and Brown, Dan and Grossman, Maura R., Precarity and Solidarity: Preliminary Results on a Study of Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers' Experiences with Generative AI (December 05, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5045638 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5045638

Carolyn Lamb

Queen’s University ( email )

Dan Brown (Contact Author)

University of Waterloo - David R Cheriton School of Computer Science ( email )

Waterloo, On N2l 3G1
Canada

Maura R. Grossman

University of Waterloo - David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science ( email )

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

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