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Can AI write a novel or create a work of fiction?

Computers will soon write novels, but can they produce another best-seller, and can you call it 'art'?

April 22, 2023 / 12:30 IST
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While AI systems can assist with specific aspects of the writing process or generate content, it is doubtful that AI will ultimately replace copywriters. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
While AI systems can assist with specific aspects of the writing process or generate content, it is doubtful that AI will ultimately replace copywriters. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Human-Artificial Intelligence (AI) collaborative creative systems based on Machine Learning are slowly making their way into people’s creative artistic lives, such as music composition, creative illustration, and co-writing. These human-AI collaborative creation systems can help experienced creators by instilling new ideas in them and making suggestions. They can also provide a novel creative experience to users with no or limited creative experience, such as finishing a drawing started by the user or automatically filling in the user’s unfinished sentence.

Yes, AI is capable of writing a book. However, it is difficult to answer whether or not AI can write a novel. As early as 2017, one of the first experimental AI-written novels appeared. It was an experiment by Ross Goodwin called “1 the Road”. He wrote it while driving from New York to New Orleans. Surprisingly, Google paid for a portion of the project’s costs.

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Evolution of AI writing

According to reports, the ChatGPT produces “stunning” human-level writing, including the ability to write Jerry Seinfeld-style sonnets, compose essays, solve math problems, and more. Tom Foreman of CNN reports.