The use of artificial intelligence in literature leads to the devaluation of creativity and reduces the level of works to mass entertainment reading, believes writer and screenwriter Sergei Lukyanenko. In an interview with TASS, he noted that neural networks deprive literature of individuality, turning it into a stream of monotonous texts created according to a template.
According to Lukyanenko, texts written with the help of AI lose depth and originality, turning into an "endless chewing of the already existing." At the same time, neural networks begin to learn not only from the works of people, but also from materials created by other AIs, which leads to a gradual decrease in the quality of content.
Lukyanenko also expressed doubt about the sincerity and value of the creativity of authors who release one or two books a month. He explained that such productivity is often achieved by attracting co-authors or using machine algorithms. In his opinion, this turns literature into a mass consumption product, where the idea is not important, but the volume.
The writer noted that such products have their own audience - readers looking for simple entertainment, "reading for the subway or train." For such people, he stressed, it no longer matters who exactly creates the text - a person, a group of authors, or a neural network.
Lukyanenko recalled that artificial intelligence remains a machine capable of quickly analyzing and combining information, but not creating anything truly new. According to him, AI can imitate intelligent behavior, but its product is only a compilation of ideas created by others. True creativity, the writer is convinced, remains an exclusive human ability.
