Orwell’s AI ‘Novel‑Writing Machines’ Are Here

Orwell’s AI ‘Novel‑Writing Machines’ Are Here

That a machine might use individual writings not only to learn about subject matter, but also to analyze and ultimately mimic authorial voice, points to a future that George Orwell envisioned with eerie prescience. In his 1949 dystopian novel “1984,” Orwell imagined “novel-writing machines” capable of mass-producing literature, employing programmed mechanical “kaleidoscopes” as substitutes for individual artistic process. The post Orwell’s AI ‘N…