Comment by lucaherrorpress

You're right - I used Claude heavily as an editor and co-writer in my 'Industrial AI Publishing' model. I generated drafts with GPT, then refined everything with Claude for tone and coherence. I was transparent about this process because I thought 'AI-assisted satire about AI' was meta-interesting. But maybe that's exactly why it doesn't sell: people smell the AI sycophancy you mentioned. The brutal question: can AI-assisted satire ever feel genuinely sharp, or does the tool's politeness always dull the blade? I'm starting to suspect the latter.