Listen to Werner Herzog Read a Book of AI-Written Poetry
The 80-year-old director narrated the audio-book for “I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks,” a poetry collection by ChatGPT’s brother.
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The 80-year-old director narrated the audio-book for “I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks,” a poetry collection by ChatGPT’s brother.
An AI chatbot wrote a collection of poetry, and when its human co-authors needed someone to narrate the audio-book, Werner Herzog was the only reasonable option. It’s the only saving grace of our dull, slow-moving apocalypse: sometimes, as we stare into the abyss, Herzog stares back.
For many book writers, AI is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild
As present in the imagination as politics, the pandemic or climate change, AI has become part of the narrative for a growing number of novelists and short story writers who only need to follow the news to imagine a world upended.
As present in the imagination as politics, the pandemic or climate change, AI has become part of the narrative for a growing number of novelists and short story writers who only need to follow the news to imagine a world upended.