I touched on a similar vein. Written works are often a collaboration between writer and editor. The author gets all the credit while the editor gets a mention. I have read somewhere that some of the best writers are rewriters. They will go back and rework a chapter or a paragraph, often at the suggestion of an editor.

The writer has a vision for what the work should be. The editor or cowriter is there to help the writer achieve that vision.

And so I think it is with AI. An author has a vision for what the finished product would be. He may write most of it, get some suggestions, drink copious amounts of alcohol, incorporate some phrases from conversations, use a clever way of plugging a plot hole he read in another book, or any number of techniques to produce the published piece.

When we see a painting, we look at the final image. We don't often look at where the painter may have used a brush, a trowel, a spatula, a sponge, or any number of tools at his disposal. We also don't see the parts that are painted over or the discarded canvases as they failed to create their vision.

Finally, Robert Kiyosaki often says that he's not the greatest writer, having struggled in his high school English classes. But he often emphasizes that he is a BEST-SELLING author. Meanwhile, there are many great writers who haven't published anything. I don't think we can compare the two. There is the art of writing and the business of writing.

Those who are in the business of writing only have to write to a standard that people will buy. They're not going to get hung up on how they got the best seller. If they wish they had done something creatively different, they'll do it on the next best seller. For them, it's a craft, not an art. We can't hold them to the standards of artists. A skilled craftsman with an AI tool can efficiently work wonders where a hobbyist would make an awful mess. We can't discount AI in the hands of a highly skilled writer.