Aditya Nair, a former copywriter and journalist, used AI to create a short story in just ten minutes. Nair emerged victorious in the literature division of the Global Prompt Engineering Championship on Tuesday. Even after winning, he admitted that although AI is useful, it cannot take the place of human writers.
In three categories, participants demonstrated their artificial intelligence skills in coding, literature, and art for a chance to win a total prize of Dh1 million. But a burning question lingered as the world competition took place in Dubai: will artificial intelligence (AI) soon enter the literary world?
Nair, the winner who works in AI innovation for a company in the UK, has long used ChatGPT and other AI tools. He clarified using his competition experience: “The task was to use AI to create an original story in just ten minutes. Even though the AI produced text rapidly, I discovered that I was still in charge of the overarching story, character development, and artistic direction. Although AI was a useful tool, the human element in storytelling could not be replaced by it.”
He elaborated, saying, “I don’t think AI can ‘write’ yet. I refer to ideation and the preparatory process that precedes writing words on a screen as writing. It can type text on a screen far more quickly than I ever could, but human intelligence is still required for all thought processes.”
Abobakr Farouk, an Egyptian computer engineer and literature enthusiast, is a fellow finalist who created an Arabic story using artificial intelligence.
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