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

Carolyn Lamb; Daniel G. Brown; Maura R. Grossman

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

Carolyn Lamb, Daniel G. Brown, Maura R. Grossman

Abstract

We present a mixed-methods study of professional fiction writers' experiences with generative AI (genAI), primarily focused on queer and disabled writers. Queer and disabled writers are markedly more pessimistic than others about the impact of genAI on their industry, although pessimism is the majority attitude for all groups. We explore how genAI exacerbates existing causes of precarity for writers, reasons why writers are opposed to its use, and strategies used by marginalized fiction writers to safeguard their industry.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{ijcai2025_precarityandsoli,
  title = {Precarity and Solidarity: Preliminary Results on a Study of Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers’ Experiences with Generative AI},
  author = {Carolyn Lamb and Daniel G. Brown and Maura R. Grossman},
  booktitle = {IJCAI 2025},
  year = {2025}
}