AI Part 1: What the Story-Writing Machines Are Doing to Us
3 Quarks Daily • 2/16/2026
Summary
The article titled "AI Part 1: What the Story-Writing Machines Are Doing to Us" is written by Claire Chambers. It references R. K. Narayan’s 1962 novel, The Vendor of Sweets, in which a young man returns to India from the United States with the ambition to manufacture 'story-writing machines.'
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