AI Works Still Need A Human Touch, Says Prize-winning Novelist; ‘Sympathy Tower Tokyo’ Weaves in Lines from ChatGPT

By Chikako Minami / Japan News Staff Writer
14:16 JST,
June 16, 2024
Novelist Rie Qudan sparked controversy in January when she won the Akutagawa Prize, one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards. Her winning novel, “Tokyo-to Dojo-to” (“Sympathy Tower Tokyo”), had been written with the help of AI. But in an interview with The Japan News in April, Qudan argued th...
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