---
title: "Precarity and Solidarity: Preliminary Results on a Study of Queer and Disabled Fiction Writers’ Experiences with Generative AI"
authors:
  - "Carolyn Lamb"
  - "Daniel G. Brown"
  - "Maura R. Grossman"
doi: "10.24963/ijcai.2025/1124"
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2025/1124"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2025/1124.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 2025
pages: "10117-10125"
track: "AI, Arts & Creativity"
keywords:
  - "Theory and philosophy of arts and creativity in AI systems: Cultural and social impacts of AI on creativity, creative practice, education and society"
  - "Theory and philosophy of arts and creativity in AI systems: Ethical issues raised by creative AI systems"
  - "Application domains: Text, literature and creative language"
---

# 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

*Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 10117-10125. DOI: [10.24963/ijcai.2025/1124](https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2025/1124)

## 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.