@matt I think that the people who write novels for Novel Month were entirely in the right to shun the NaNoWriMo folks for selling out their community to AI grifters.
Whether there is a valid role for AI in creative writing, perhaps the jury is still out. But, I hate AI-generated prose. Not merely dislike it or find it worrying for ethical reasons...I hate reading it. So, if AI-generated prose is to be a part of writing novels going forward, I think those novels will probably suck.