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NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose

Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing.

One of the organization’s sponsors, Ellipsus, which advertises itself as a “principled alternative to Google Docs” and is staunchly opposed to the use of generative AI in its products, has officially withdrawn its sponsorship. In a blog post, Morris elaborated on the issues she has with the use of AI in creative work: The platforms are unethical, the tech scrapes content from published authors without paying royalties or fees, and it robs writers of the opportunity to find their own voice and learn from mistakes. Rebecca Thorne, a YA fantasy novelist who has participated in NaNoWriMo since 2008, when she was a teenager, took to TikTok in a viral video that calls out NaNo for ignoring the public sentiment around AI and filling their statement with “politically correct language so that you can’t argue their stance.”

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