Artificial Intelligence and Literature Debate
Author Sébastien Bailly points out that amidst the debates surrounding novels allegedly written with artificial intelligence, the right of writers to work transparently with machines is not being questioned.
Following the AI controversy surrounding Thélyson Orélien's novel, author Sébastien Bailly criticizes the literary world's tendency to view a writer's right to work with machines as an automatic violation or cheating.
AI Detection of the Novel
An anonymous account ran Thélyson Orélien's novel C'était Ça ou Mourir through an AI detector, concluding that the book was almost entirely written by a machine.
Publisher Rejects the Allegations
Following these events, Orélien's publisher, Grasset, completely denied the claims, describing the situation as fake news and a conspiracy theory while emphasizing that the author has written throughout his life.
The Right to Work with Machines
Sébastien Bailly states that the parties are accusing one another, but no one is discussing whether a writer has the right to work with a machine.
Literary Production Process
The author notes that artificial intelligence is merely a tool, that a book requires raw materials such as ideas, testimonies, places, and the human heart, and that the process operates under human control.
Restrictions in Literature
It is recalled that writers such as Raymond Queneau and Georges Perec produced works using various rules and constraints in the past, and that the Oulipo group embraced constraints as creative tools.