‘A computer’s joke, on us’: writers respond to the short story written by AI

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 agreeThis week has seen writers divided over a story written by an AI model 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 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 ChoiceTracy Chevalier is the author of The GlassmakerKamila Shamsie is the author of Best of FriendsDavid Baddiel is the author of My Family: The Memoir Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-14 16:00:23 UTC ]

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