An excellent article, Mel. Speaking as a freelance writer, I have genuine concerns. Since the recent AI boom I have gone from having to knock back work because I was getting more orders than I could handle a month, to getting virtually nothing ..one or two customers a month if I am lucky.
I think most who would normally hire a ghost writer are now just using AI to write their books and articles, especially children’s books. I have no doubt that publishers are probably inventing fake author names and using AI to write books and novels without needing to pay real authors. Something needs to be done. I will join your revolution or uprising.