From the «neither A nor I» department:
Title: ‘A computer’s joke, on us’: writers respond to the short story written by AI
Author: Guardian Staff
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:00:23 +0000
Link:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/14/writers-respond-story-written-by-ai-sam-altman-chat-gpt-tracy-chevalier-kamila-shamsie-david-baddiel
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Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David
Baddiel if they agree
This week has seen writers divided over a story written by an AI model[1] that is “good at creative writing” – at least according to Sam Altman, the CEO of
ChatGPT company OpenAI, which is developing the new model. Author Jeanette Winterson, writing in the Guardian[2] on Wednesday, agreed with him, calling the story – which is a metafictional piece about grief – “beautiful and moving”. We asked other authors to assess ChatGPT’s current writing skills –
and what recent developments around artificial intelligence might mean for human creativity.
Nick Harkaway is the author of Karla’s Choice
Tracy Chevalier is the author of The Glassmaker
Kamila Shamsie is the author of Best of Friends
David Baddiel is the author of My Family: The Memoir
Continue reading...[3]
Links:
[1]:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/12/a-machine-shaped-hand-read-a-story-from-openais-new-creative-writing-model (link)
[2]:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/12/jeanette-winterson-ai-alternative-intelligence-its-capacity-to-be-other-is-just-what-the-human-race-needs (link)
[3]:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/14/writers-respond-story-written-by-ai-sam-altman-chat-gpt-tracy-chevalier-kamila-shamsie-david-baddiel (link)
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