You know what's also good at storytelling? AI. Or else we wouldn't have writing awards being revoked when it comes out it was written by AI.

I wouldn't say we don't need artists or writers, but I think most people will be surprised how quickly fully AI driven pipelines will advance here.

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binary0010 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'd actually be curious to read an award winning ai book, all the ai books/interactive story generators I've tried have been... Ok at best... Do you know what novels have been written by ai and award winning?

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avaer 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Japanese isekai might not be your cup of tea, but one example is [1] which was way back in Jan, and models have improved a lot since then.

My sneaking suspicion is that there are a lot more cases than get reported, because authors are disincentivized to disclose AI usage, and readers by and large feel icky about reading AI work for reasons unrelated to quality.

I can totally see a weird future where a lot of what people like is AI generated, and everyone lies to each other about it. So it's hard to do research on this phenomenon.

[1] https://0115765.com/archives/165655

	▲	hattmall 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not completely surprising that AI could do well generating manga. It's very formulaic in general and by nature devoid of a lot of the relatable character development from most other writing. I have no problem reading an AI story if it's done well, but it typically just isn't. What I find annoying though is AI generated content that is only interesting if it's actually real. Like a historic photo or a video of some shocking event.

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altmanaltman an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Its a bit like saying AI is good at math when its being used by Terrance Tao. Like okay if its so good at storytelling, use it to generate a good one and share it under this comment for feedback and we can check out how good and original it is.

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cautiouscat 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What award/book was this?

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FeteCommuniste 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The winner of a short-story prize from Granta (well known literary fiction publisher) is believed to be AI-written:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/20/granta-magazin...

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cautiouscat 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So the author didn’t claim it was? It’s just assumed?

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Forgeties79 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

1 unverified example with quite the unique, if true, circumstances against the undoubtedly countless dismissed attempts (not to mention those never submitted because they’re trash) hardly meets the bar being established here.

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letmevoteplease 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Even if 99% of generations are trash, why does that matter? Just throw out the failures and keep the good ones, like any writer. Here is the text of the winning story: https://granta.com/the-serpent-in-the-grove/ If you've ever used ChatGPT to generate stories, you will find the style unmistakable. It's cloying to me, but it did manage to fool some stuffy literary judges.

	▲	altmanaltman an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If 99% generations are trash then it means it sucks at storytelling and is not good at it contary to what was claimed in the comment.

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Forgeties79 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> You know what's also good at storytelling? AI

Writing a coherent story =/= good at storytelling

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