Posted 1/19/2024, 4:19:00 PM
Japanese Author Rie Kudan Wins Prestigious Literary Prize, Sparks Debate Over AI Use
- Japanese author Rie Kudan won prestigious Akutagawa Prize for fiction, admitted using ChatGPT to write 5% of award-winning book
- Her book "The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy" centers around dilemmas of architect building comfortable high-rise prison
- Kudan consulted ChatGPT about problems she couldn't tell anyone, reflected AI's unexpected responses in main character
- Kudan not first to generate controversy using AI; photographers, authors previously criticized for using AI without consent/compensation
- Some committee members defended Kudan's AI use, but other authors called it "disrespectful" to those writing without such technology