Congratulations on the book deal! I have similar feelings about writing since the advent of AI. I feel like social media had already shortened peoples' attention spans and this, in turn, decreased the amount of readers interested in longer-form content. Now we also have to compete with AI-created content for that same small group of readers. My gut tells me after AI is fully integrated into society, and the dust settles, 100% human-created content will become a niche market that will command a premium. Every new generation begins to feel nostalgic about the way things were and I'm really hoping that happens in this case. For now I write, mainly, for myself—book sales have become few and far between. I'm thankful I had a decent decade in the indie author realm though and I'm sure there are still many opportunities for others.
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The problem in my case is I write academic philosophy. It is, I think, also a very niche field. But luckily most of my work go through big publishers so I do not have to deal with sales and marketing, but then again, I only get scraps for my own work; and in some cases I do not get paid a cent. In fact, sometimes I need to pay them...
Either way, I also really hope that we go back to a time where human writing is appreciated for what it is. I saw a video recently about someone also critical of AI, but who notes how incredible it is if we use it to our advantage. And I have to agree, there are so much we can do with it that seems otherworldly. When I wrote my master's degree in the days well before AI, I suffered from various issues that would have been sorted out with the blink of an eye. Now, with my PhD, having written it before AI but editing some of the work in the AI-era, I have to say, it helped but AI is all in all a curse.
Sorry for only replying now, and sorry for the strange reply! As I mentioned in another comment, I am still trying to learn how to walk again metaphorically speaking.