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    This Week in Books: Could AI Ever Write Like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood?

    Two authors respond to the revelation that their work is being used to train artificial intelligence.
    by Gal Beckerman Sep 01, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: The Atlantic / Mark Lennihan / AP; Maria Moratti / Getty
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    The precipitous arrival of artificial intelligence into our lives over the past year has provoked some very deep existential quandaries, such as: What is it that a human can do that a robot never could? When it comes to creativity and whether art is within the range of a machine’s capabilities, this question is not so academic. Authors in particular have found themselves blindsided and a little disturbed both by the quick advances the bots are making and by the realization that their own books have been used to train AI, essentially aiding in the education of their

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