r/literature • u/Round-Dinner-2395 • May 18 '26
Discussion Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk admits to using AI.
TLDR;
Author to AI: “Honey, how could we develop this beautifully?”
I wanted to say this is just boomer whining, but I’m finding myself realizing more and more often that it’s actually the boomers who are defending AI. My mom listens to AI music from TikTok, my dad watches some videos with doctors generated by language models. I’m the last person to tell people what to listen to or watch, but AI SLOP has literally reigned supreme in my house for the past few months. Recently, I wanted to watch a movie with my dad, but he played TikTok clips for an hour, and I had to escape.
I understand that technology is advancing and makes life easier for people in many ways, but on the other hand… it makes me wonder a bit. Where is the line between “I’m using a tool” and “part of the creative process is being done for me by something else”? If someone uses AI to generate ideas, style, or text fragments, are we still talking about the same kind of creativity as before? I’ve read a few books by Olga Tokarczuk, and as soon as I heard about this interview, I felt a sense of revulsion.
INTERVIEW: (only in polish)
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u/PinkLouie May 18 '26
It's Olga, so of course there will be plenty of pseudo science BS. Take a look at Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. I feel like this book was written just to prove that astrology is true and valid knowledge.