Runa Press does not publish content generated by AI or LLM

Content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) or chatbots from Large Language Models (LLM) such as ChatGPT, Mistral, Copilot, Gemini, etc. is filling the shelves of our homes and our reading devices with rubbish. Runa Press does not publish content generated by artificial intelligence.

Warning: On this page, you will find extensive use of quotation marks. They are not there on a whim. When you see them, please interpret the text in quotation marks metaphorically. An LLM does not create, it regurgitates. A user does not write a book with AI, but rather has it written (and then often profits from it).

What is AI‑generated text content?

Textual content generated by artificial intelligence, or rather by a Large Language Model (LLM) such as ChatGPT, Mistral, Copilot, Gemini, etc., is text that the LLM in question creates at the request of a user, using small pieces of content and semantics with which it has been fed as a basis. This content comes mainly from websites and books that have become part of the model’s corpus. With it, and following guidelines of physical and semantic proximity, it “creates” texts in response to the user’s request or prompt.

What is sometimes done with these texts generated by the LLM?

These texts are often used to “write” books (or anything else, such as articles or school assignments) with minimal effort. These books are then sold as if they were written by a person.

The result is that consumers are exposed to the risk of paying for a simple pastiche of different pieces of information created by other people or companies and published on the internet. The prose regurgitated by AI is of dubious quality and its originality is non-existent.

But that’s not all: the next time the AI model is fed, some of the content it ingests will have been generated by itself. We will be faced with a scenario comparable to mad cow disease: cows feeding on other cows and inevitably degenerating.

Why does Runa Press not publish content generated by artificial intelligence?

Reading a book should not be solely about acquiring information. In fact, it rarely is. Readers enjoy reading a well‑written text more than a poorly written one; they learn new expressions and words, and use what they have learned in their own speech or writing. Don’t we all want to enjoy and learn from what we read? How can this be possible if good books have to compete for our attention with trashy works thrown together with minimal effort?

Runa Press does not publish AI‑generated content for the following reasons:

• Our readers come first. When we publish a book, we do so with the pleasure and usefulness that readers will derive from it in mind. The writers who collaborate with us take great care with grammar and style, and strive to create content that is interesting and enjoyable to read. You may like or dislike their style or what they say, or you may agree or disagree with them, but you can be sure that everything has been written with care and conscious effort. We don’t cheat our readers. For us, your trust is the most important thing.
• We don’t sell you a pig in a poke. If a reader pays to read a book written by a person, that’s what they’ll get with Runa Press. Anything else is a scam that doesn’t meet your expectations or the social contract. Even if a book is very well written by the LLM, the dialogue between reader and writer is completely lost, and the money goes to someone who didn’t write it! In case it wasn’t clear from the first point: We don’t cheat our readers. For us, your trust is the most important thing.
• We are committed to the truth. When our writers conduct research, they use the Internet (and other media) responsibly, seeking out reliable sources (which they always cite in their books) and ensuring that the information is accurate. They do not cite made‑up studies or have hallucinations. If different sources reach contradictory conclusions, the reader will have all the information necessary to form their own judgement and investigate on their own. In case it wasn’t clear from the first or the second point: We don’t cheat our readers. For us, your trust is the most important thing.
• We want to preserve our culture. If bookshelves are filled with titles that do not contribute to our culture, but rather regurgitate it over and over again, future readers will lose a rich and profound cultural heritage (in every sense of the word) that has been built up with knowledge and creativity. We will be doing them a disservice if we fill our heritage with inconsequential, poor‑quality texts.
• We have a message to convey. With each book we publish, there is a message that the author and Runa Press want to convey to their readers. That is our mission. Our books are not free because bills keep on coming during the time spent writing and editing them, but for us, what matters is the dialogue with the reader. From person to person.
• We respect copyright. Texts written by an LLM are taken from various sources, and the user who publishes them under their own name is not usually interested in giving the appropriate credits (they may not even be aware of them). When Runa Press publishes something or uses an image, even if it is in the public domain, it always indicates its source.

Thank you for purchasing books written by humans.

“No AI-Generated” Declaration Stamp

In our latest published books, you will see this stamp or seal declaring our commitment that the book was not written by artificial intelligence or an LLM:

We will gradually add it to new editions of previously published books.

Download the “No AI-Generated” Stamp

If you also write or create any kind of textual content, you can use the stamp we have created, as long as you use it responsibly.

License information: This stamp is released under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license, which basically means that:

• you may use it in any medium;
• for both commercial and non-commercial purposes;
• you may not modify it or create derivative works (but nothing prevents you from creating your own stamp);
• and you must give us credit for its creation.

When you use it, you can include this credit information in the front matter, where you would put the ISBN and copyright information for your book:

© “No AI-Generated” Stamp: Runa Press (https://www.runapress.com), CC BY-ND 4.0

Disclaimer

By using this stamp, you become solely responsible for its use. Runa Press does not verify the correct use of the seal. Any person or organisation using this seal shall be solely responsible for the accuracy (or otherwise) of their statement regarding the work on which it appears.

Runa Press does not issue any guarantees. The only books we guarantee not to contain AI-generated text are those published by us.

If you agree to this and to the terms of use granted by the provided licence, you may download the seal here:

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