Is AI really a writer?
AI is Evolving
Are sci-fi authors thinking about using AI to help them out now that AI is already stepping in to handle some writing jobs that humans used to do?
Famous sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, who’s known for The Three-Body Problem, says that right now it’s not really happening, but he’s not sure what the future holds.
“At the moment I don’t plan to use any AI-generated stuff in my writing,” Liu mentioned in a video at a sci-fi forum in Beijing this December. “But with how fast AI is developing, it could be pretty skilled in writing five to ten years from now. By then, I might think about it and be open to getting some AI help.”
Liu, who has won a Hugo Award, believes that if AI keeps advancing at this pace, he and other sci-fi writers could end up being “the last generation of authors wh...