leading poet and writer from Scotland has called for warnings to be put on books written by artificial intelligence (AI). Peter Mackay became Scotland's national poet in December last year. He is concerned about damage AI could do to publishing industry. He wants food packaging-style health warnings on all AI-generated books. He told the BBC: "I have got huge concerns about AI in terms of creation of new literature and creation of new books, partly because, as writer, it could be disastrous for new people who are in profession." He added: "It's very hard to make living as writer anyway, and [now] you are having to compete with [all ] knowledge of every book written."
Mr Mackay wants all new books to have special mark that shows whether AI or person wrote it. He said symbol could be like those used on food packaging. He believes public needs to know about level of AI input in book. One idea is that information could show if book is "100 per cent AI-free or 100 per cent organically produced". Mr Mackay's call comes just before USA and UK refused to sign international agreement on AI to keep it "clean" and "ethical". US Vice President JD Vance said too much regulation of AI could "kill transformative industry just as it's taking off". He said "pro-growth AI policies" were more important than safety.
