France's top literary prize winner defends 'playful' use of AI
The winner of France's top literary award Prix Goncourt defended on Friday his "playful," "ironic," and very limited use of AI in his acclaimed book.
Philippe Jaenada, the winner of the Prix Goncourt for his novel L Inconnue du quai de Javel, defended his use of artificial intelligence during a statement released Friday. Jaenada described his application of the technology as playful, ironic, and very limited. He stated that it is "ridiculously absurd" to suggest he used generative AI to write any part of the book and noted that his plan to use the technology was established before he began writing.
According to the New Straits Times, Jaenada admitted to using AI only three times while writing the novel, which concerns the unsolved murder of a Breton woman in the late 1940s. His first use involved asking AI chatbots questions, which resulted in answers he described as "comically precise," "stupid," and "contradictory." He also used the technology for research purposes and used it a third time to hide a sentence within the text.
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