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A novelist lays out the reasons why writers should resist, but not necessarily reject, artificial intelligence and advocate for AI tools to be used to augment creativity rather than replace our humanity.
As AI makes it easier for people to generate text, literary editors are wrestling with how to weed out submissions by authors trying to pass off AI work as their own from those that use the technology in a more ethical way.
Even though ChatGPT can replicate and regurgitate the texts it has consumed, it still lacks the unique inspiration that lived experience provides for writers. A teacher of creative writing puts the AI chatbot to the test.
To mimic human writing, AI technologies have been consuming millions of pages of copyrighted literature. Authors have filed several class-action lawsuits accusing AI companies of illicitly using their work and seeking compensation.
With the rise of AI-generated writing, writers and publications alike struggle with the question of what authorship means.
