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Okay, in this case the action in question is not writing, it's researching.
If you try to research a topic for three hours and then ask AI... where do you think it's getting the information? From the Ipswich Jailhouse basement? No, it's making them up out of whole cloth and now the book that you wanted to give a historical grounding is at best pure fiction and at worst active misinformation.
Yeah, unless it finally gives a verifiable source that Google wouldn't because it's turned to dogshit, or the records exist, but aren't easily accessible. Or unless you're just writing fiction anyway, and some drawn conclusions from other historical sources is fine.
But I'm sure now you'll tell me why it's still slop if the info is verified. Or why someone sitting down to write a little story he thought of should have access to notes actual historians with professional resources spend years gathering.
lol