A growing number of people are using ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (人工智能) program, to create books for sale. Although sales have been slow, human writers are worried that ChatGPT-created books might hurt the writing and publishing industry.
Brett Schickler is a salesman in New York. Until recently, he never imagined he could be a writer. But after learning about the ChatGPT program, Schickler found that he had a good chance.
Using the AI software, Schickler created his first book, a 30-page children’s e-book, in a few hours. He sold it online and made less than $100. While that may not sound like much, it is enough to make him want to create other books using the software.
There were over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle store that say ChatGPT is a writer or co-writer. And the number is rising daily.
Some professional (专业的) writers are becoming worried about the effects that ChatGPT could have on the book publishing industry. Mary Rasenberger is the leader of a writer’s group. She said, “This is something we really need to be worried about—these books will be full of the market and a lot of writers are going to be out of work.”
【小题1】What will do harm to the writing and publishing industry?| A．the AI software. | B．ChatGPT-created books. |
| C．Human writers. | D．The Internet. |
| A．He made a lot of money from his first book. |
| B．He dreamed of being a writer when he was young. |
| C．He didn’t spend much time in creating his first book. |
| D．He is a professional great writer now. |
| A．A professional writer. | B．An engineer. | C．A teacher. | D．A salesman. |
| A．AI influences the writing and publishing industry. |
| B．More people are taking writing as a career. |
| C．ChatGPT has made reading much easier. |
| D．More and more e-books will be written by AI. |
