**I Lost my $2M book deal because people mistook my African dialect for Al I**

> His debut novel sparked a ferocious bidding war, then questions over AI brought the deal crashing down. Jerry Falade denies using AI to write the book, and many believe that as a Black Nigerian writer, he was subjected to a level of scrutiny others might not have faced. As he prepares to publish his own account, he tells Alex Hannaford what really happened Culture Books Features Interview I lost my $2m book deal beca...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
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- **发布时间**：2026-09-18 22:37（北京时间）
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