Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel
Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk recently discussed her use of AI in the creative process of her latest novel. While she initially appeared to embrace AI's role in her writing, she later clarified that she used it solely for research purposes. Tokarczuk expressed concerns about the future of literary complexity, suggesting that her current project may be her last due to changing reader interests.
- ▪Tokarczuk admitted to using AI to enhance her writing process during a recent event in Poznań.
- ▪She clarified that her use of AI was limited to research and not for writing the novel itself.
- ▪Tokarczuk believes that AI can significantly expand a writer's creative thinking and horizons.
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Update: On Tuesday afternoon, Tokarczuk sent a statement to Lit Hub via her publisher, Riverhead, denying she used AI in her writing for anything other than research. Read it here. We also updated the text below to more accurately reflect the form of Tokarczuk’s remarks. At a recent event in Poznań (covered in Polish), Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk apparently admitted to using AI in her creative process. The writer Maks Sipowicz, who drew attention to the remarks on Bluesky, translated a few of the most salient bits: “When writing my latest novel… I asked this advanced model what kind of songs my protagonists would be listening to at a dance, a few dozen years ago, and AI gave me a few titles,” Tokarczuk told the interviewer.
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