Dr. Mike Sharples: Artificial intelligence and creative writing

Dr. Mike Sharples has been studying computers and creativity for over 40 years. He’s an expert in education, technology, and innovation. In the 1970s, he was one of the first people to argue that computers might someday be able to write stories. We talk about his 2022 book Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers. He’s a psychologist who studies how people create stories and how readers understand stories. His 2002 book How we write: Writing as creative design tells us how (human) authors do their work. In 1993, he told a journalist that a computer would write a novel within twenty years. (Yes, it has happened, but you probably won’t enjoy reading it!) In this interview, Dr. Sharples gives us a refreshing perspective on artificial intelligence and generative AI.

For more information:

Mike Sharples web site: www.mikesharples.com

The book Story Machines: 

The book How we write

Music by license from SoundStripe:

"Uptown Lovers Instrumental" by AFTERNOONZ

"Miss Missy" by AFTERNOONZ

"What's the Big Deal" by Ryan Saranich

 

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