Half of hundreds of UK novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely. Really!

This would not happen if these novelists start adopting and using machine learning & AI for their work.

Like the Industrial Revolution before affected e.g. the textile workers in England.

Will these novelists also eventually be referred to as Luddites?

"... Genre authors are considered the most vulnerable to displacement by AI, according to the report, with two-thirds (66%) of all those surveyed listing romance authors as “extremely threatened”, followed closely by writers of thrillers (61%) and crime (60%). ..."

Half of UK novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely "A new report involving hundreds of literary creatives from across the UK fiction publishing industry reveals widespread fears over copyright violation, lost income, and the future of the art form, as generative AI tools and LLM-authored books flood the market."