As you say, that already occurs with human made commercial crap literature.

A person directing an IA could also lead it to build a story that teaches values.

True, but it's easier to get lazy and to just wire it up to an automatic engagement farming loop with no human input. Imagine the worst form of audience capture possible.

	▲	argentinian an hour ago \| parent [-]
		What's wrong with that? There's the low quality slop for the people who desire it, and then there's the high quality literature that's appreciated by people with good taste, and that cannot be easily produced