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AI impact on literary and artistic creation

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Debates regarding the role of artificial intelligence in literature and the arts have intensified, particularly in France. Discussions have centered on whether AI serves as a creative tool or a threat to human authorship. In one dialogue, Anthropic’s AI, Claude, characterized itself as an instrument, suggesting that the responsibility for whether AI complements or substitutes for human creativity lies with the user. The AI proposed that society manage usage through collective professional standards and regulations, similar to the integration of word processors. These discussions follow tensions in the French publishing industry, such as the removal of Thélyson Orélien’s ‘C’était ça ou mourir’ from the Prix Goncourt selection due to suspected AI ~~usage.~~ usage, an allegation the author has contested. In response to these transformations, Thierry Ehrmann, founder of Artprice, released the French version of ‘Dialogue Between a Thinker and ~~AI’ to explore~~ AI’. Originally distributed in English as a raw typescript, the ~~relationship~~ work is the result of a 40-day experiment involving over 450 hours of voice-based dialogue between AI a human and ~~artistic creation.~~ an AI, totaling approximately 1,800 pages. To counter what Ehrmann describes as a ‘bureaucratic rush to regulate digital creation’, the book is being shared via an open license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) to allow for free reading and sharing. Translations into Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Hindi are currently in progress.

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