That I might not be able to tell when an author is just AI.

Not really, though occasionally a book will give me very vivid thoughts and dreams.

For instance, I read ‘Incidents Around the House’ last year, and it made me think of all the things I was scared of when I was a kid in a very visceral way. I occasionally had to remind myself out loud that it’s just a book.

This isn’t a book, and it didn’t keep me up all night, but hot damn it sure made me think: https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/facultyresearchandpublications/52383/items/1.0437324

Not books, but there have been a few creepypastas that had me on edge for weeks after reading them. There was one about a murderous doppelganger that disguised itself as a household pet that had me nervous around one of my cats.

I saw her napping in my living room and then a few seconds later sitting patiently by the bathroom. She must have slipped by me without me noticing, but I was a bit afraid of her for a while after.

I saw a movie, based on a true story, where a young healthy man suddenly dies of a brain aneurism. Now that I know that’s a thing that can happen, even though it’s extremely rare, I’m paranoid about dying at an any moment without warning. The good news is, you greatly reduce your chances of a brain aneurism by being healthy.

I read a book that took place in Haida Gwaii, an island off of the coast is British Columbia, Canada. At one point in the story a the dad of the protagonist, who is a fisherman,

This has been a fear whenever I’m on the water or otherwise near sea lions ever since.

I read The Sum of All Fears in high school and it had a weak president being advised by a bunch of stupid advisors working from faulty data and bad assumptions in a way that was leading us step by step to a nuclear World War 3, so that gave me nightmares for a while.

I’m afraid of papercuts.