Salman Rushdie says that he never used AI, warned that it could change the writers but first it needs to learn comedy
Salman Rushdie says that authors should not be afraid of AI – yet – because it still lacks a major human feature: humor. He says that the day AI will write a fun book, writers will have to worry about it.
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In short
- Salman Rushdie says that AI cannot replace writers
- He says that he has never tried AI and he shows that it does not exist
- He says that AI cannot write well until it learns humor like humans
When Openai launched Chatgpt in 2023, the reaction was mixed. On the one hand, everyone was excited to see state -of -the -art technology and what artificial intelligence can do for humans. On the other hand, apprehensions about AI instead of humans in various jobs started. One of the roles that people were most concerned about were of authors, as AI platforms such as chat and Gemini Mithun could write everything from essays to novels. And since then these devices have become much better.
However, famous writer Salman Rushdie believes that writers should not be afraid of AI – not at least for now – because it lacks a very important skill: a sense of feeling. Speaking at the Hay Festival in Wales, Rushdie kicked that the author is safe from overtaking machines, at least until a bot can write a book that actually makes people laugh.
“I never tried AI,” he said. “I pretend that it is not present. There is no understanding in this, you do not want to listen to a joke mentioned by the slapping. If there is ever a moment when a fun book is written by the chatter, I think we have deteriorated.”
Rushdie’s comments on AI came to the UK during their first major in-tradition appearance as he was seriously injured after stabbing on stage in the United States. The attack blinded her into her right eye, but has continued to perform public performance and comment on the development of literature and culture.
Meanwhile, the author has been one of the first white -collar professionals to increase the alarm about the rise of AI and has its ability to change humans in writing. In recent years, many major authors have expressed concern that AI companies are training language models using their copyright functions without permission or compensation.
In 2023, a group of more than 8,500 authors came together and signed an open letter to Tech companies and asked them to stop using their books for training of AI Tools.
He said, “These technologies mimic our language, stories, style and ideas.
Increasing stress between technology and creativity is also motivating many people to call for regulation and transparency in the literary community. The authors argue that while the AI sentence can mimic the structure and tone, it lacks emotional nuances, living experiences and cultural insight that really defines impressive literature.
