SAN FRANCISCO ¨C Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the ChatGPT artificial intelligence program, Schickler figured an opportunity had landed in his lap.
¡°The idea of writing a book finally seemed possible,¡± said Schickler, a salesman in Rochester, New York. ¡°I thought ¡®I can do this.¡¯¡±
Using the AI software, which can generate blocks of text from simple prompts, Schickler created a 30-page illustrated children¡¯s e-book in a matter of hours, offering it for sale in January through Amazon.com Inc.¡¯s self-publishing unit.
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