Name: Making the Robot Work For You: AI Uses, Scandals, & What’s to Come
Start: 2027-01-16T15:00:00-0500
End: 2027-01-16T16:00:00-0500

Making the Robot Work For You: AI Uses, Scandals, & What’s to Come

Saturday January 16, 2027 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST

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AI in our industry is both messy and arguably here to stay-- part useful tool, part ethical minefield, and definitely an existential question mark. This session takes a clear-eyed look at where AI use currently stands in the realm of writing and publishing: how writers are using AI to research and brainstorm, scandals in prizes awarded to AI-generated works, trends of AI-generated books flooding platforms, and the status of major training data lawsuits. What does the near future might hold for authors, agents, and publishers navigating it all? Whether you're AI-skeptical, AI-curious, or somewhere in between, you'll leave with a sharper, more informed understanding of the risks, the real opportunities, and how to make the robot work for you instead of the other way around.

Moderators

Edward Nawotka

Publishers Weekly, Senior News and International Editor

Ed Nawotka is Senior News and International Editor of New York trade magazine Publishers Weekly. A widely published essayist and critic, his work has appeared in the New York Times, Texas Monthly, The New Yorker, and dozens of other publications in the U.S. and abroad... Read More →

Speakers

Crystal King

THE HAPPINESS COLLECTOR, Author

Crystal King is the author of four novels spanning historical fiction and contemporary fantasy. Her latest, The Happiness Collector, is a contemporary fantasy that Booklist calls "a must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans" and was named an Amazon Editor's Pick. Her historical... Read More →

Christopher Combemale

Sterling Lord Literistic, Associate Agent

Christopher Combemale is an associate agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc where he has worked since 2019. He is looking for voice driven literary and upmarket fiction, especially any novel with a high concept. He is open to speculative elements as well as genre fiction with an... Read More →

Perpetua Cannistraro

Beacon Press, Publicist

Perpetua Cannistraro has worked in book publishing as a nonfiction publicist for the last decade. She promotes books on American history, race and culture, progressive education, poetry collections from poets of color, and memoir.

Saturday January 16, 2027 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
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Track 5: Big Picture

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