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AI & fiction: Where to draw the lines

You’ve probably seen them on Facebook, X, BlueSky, or your favorite social network. The posts usually start with something like this: I will never read a book where the author used AI in any form or fashion!!! I don’t often wade into these debates, but if I did, I’d point out that many—perhaps most—authors already use AI in some part of their creative process. Research? Almost certainly. Checking the manuscript for errors? Absolutely. Outlining chapters? Maybe. Brainstorming scene ideas? Sometimes. But writing entire chapters of a novel? Or mimicking the style of a favorite bestselling author? Those are entirely different matters. Clear lines and blurrier lines At Authors A.I., the company I co-founded in 2019, we believe in a measured,

‘The Golden Relic’: What ChatGPT says

My new technothriller “The Golden Relic” marks the beginning of a new series of AI action thrillers I’ll be writing over the next couple of years. Early reviewers are giving it five stars and high ratings, and it’s already hit No. 1 in one Amazon bestseller category. The novel’s plot follows a father who’ll go to any length to protect his 10-year-old daughter from a tech mogul bent on using her in his quest for immortality. Technothrillers can be a blend of action thriller, military thriller and a bit of science fiction thrown in, and this story has all three. But what I found most interesting about this release was the reaction of the ChatGPT 4o AI to this novel in

Will 2023 be the year AI dominates culture?

While artificial intelligence has crept into nearly every facet of modern life, it has largely been an afterthought for most of us, even as we know it’s playing a big role in defense weaponry, pharmaceuticals and financial transactions. (Well, it’s been more than an afterthought for me. AI is at the center of my new high-tech thriller, Firefall.) But the past half year, and particularly the past six weeks, leads me to think that AI will be front and center for an increasing number of us — particularly those in the so-called professional class, such as writers, journalists, academics, researchers … and now even artists. Some of this may turn out to be merely diverting. But much of it will

Infographic: The intriguing ways AIs show humanity in movies

We’ve completed a study of the top artificial intelligences in film and came away with a new appreciation of how screenwrites are depicting this emerging technology. Here’s our ranking of AIs’ appearances on the silver screen and what kind of statement each movie makes about our humanity.

What will your personal AI look like?

We’ve arrived at another moment of cultural assimilation — the point at which a new concept or technology becomes absorbed into the social fabric as something that’s new and interesting and soon to be taken for granted. I remember when I started talking about social media after I co-founded the social media platform Ourmedia in 2005. Almost nobody had heard of the term “social media” back then. By 2007, social media had started gaining widespread uptake, and by 2008, you’d hear occasional references to the phrase on television newscasts and in prime time. Today it’s become a tired catch phrase on the cable news shows. Mobile, smartphones, virtual reality — each term underwent its own quick adoption curve in recent years, joining the national lexicon

AI in the movies & the meaning of life (infographic)

Motion pictures have blazed a trail in stoking ideas and igniting debate about AI — and the notion of what it means to be alive. Here’s an infographic and essay about artificial intelligence in the movies.

CEO Sam Liang, left, and co-founder/VP Engineering Yun Fu in the AISense offices. (

Otter and artificial intelligence for voice

The Otter Voice Notes consumer app — free in the Apple App Store and on Google Play — lets you record and transcribe up to 600 minutes of audio every month at no cost. But the app’s maker, AI Sense, has more ambitious hopes for voice artificial intelligence.