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The biggest hurdle for humans to write a good book really is the hunkering down and doing it part. I think AI could actually be useful here in that you have it generate a first draft, read it, get so angry at how bad it is, and suddenly you're motivated to write a much better version.
You had me, you lost me, then you had me again by the end.
Now that is the emotion-grabbing sway of a human writer.