AI has come a long way. They have become so good that writers have elected to sue OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, over copyright infringement of pirated copies of their works, which were used to, essentially, train ChatGPT. Not only that, but AI can now also write essays, articles, academic papers, dissertations, and even novels in a span of week or less. Of course, what makes a piece of work riveting or encapsulating is the mark or nuances that an author brings into it. It's the personality of the writer that comes out and brings the story to life, which I would say that not all AI can do. However, they do most other things pretty well. If they can capture the human essence of literary works, then that's just about checkmate isn't it?
To that end, The Walrus requested an AI chatbot to write a short story in the style of Margaret Atwood and later on, Margaret Atwood herself looked at it to see how it fared. She wrote this article herself about generative AI and whether we should be worried if they will soon replace us. Her verdict at the end is quite befitting.
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