Can AI Write Your Book?
I confess! I tried it! I gave collaborating with AI (Artificial Intelligence) a test run. I named her Beulah. Here’s what happened:
Beulah asked me for a topic. I told her to solve an old mystery with three ghosts with three women and two men.
She thought a bit. Then flashed me the ‘writing’ card. Within a couple of minutes she displayed her 1311 word short story.
She had me hooked with the first paragraph. Here it is:
‘The three ghosts were sitting around the table in the old, dusty house. They had been there for years, ever since the murder happened. They were waiting for someone to solve the mystery so they could rest in peace.’
The second through sixth paragraphs weren’t half bad for collaborating with artificial intelligence either:
‘The three women were also sitting around the table. They were the sisters of the murdered woman. They had never been able to find out who killed their sister, and they were hoping that the ghosts would be able to help them.
The man was the detective who was working on the case. He had been investigating it for years, but he had never been able to find any solid evidence. He was hoping that the ghosts would be able to help him solve the case.
The detective asked the ghosts what happened on the night of the murder. The ghosts told him that they saw a woman come into the house and kill the woman. The detective asked the ghosts to describe the woman.
The ghosts said that she was tall and thin, and she had dark hair. The detective asked the women if they knew anyone who fit that description. One of the women said that she knew someone who fit that description.
The detective asked the woman to take him to the person she knew. The woman took him to a house down the street. The detective knocked on the door.’
But then Beulah showed her true abilities. The remaining paragraphs to this short-short were, in essence, a repeat of this:
‘A woman answered the door. The detective asked her if her name was Mary. The woman said that her name was not Mary. The detective asked the woman if she knew anyone who fit the description of the woman who the ghosts had seen.
The woman said that she did not know anyone who fit that description. The detective thanked the woman and left….’
The poor detective continued to ask the ghosts for more details. Then knock on a door to hear ‘no’ to his questions.
Beulah, my artificial intelligence collaborator, was not able to solve the murder.
Then I asked Beulah to write this blog post. She did a fine job of researching and writing about writing. There was only one thing missing from her oratory. Can you guess what it is?
Okay, I’ll tell you.
Beulah lacked personality. Dimension. Resourcefulness. Ingenuity. She got stuck in an endless loop of knocking on doors; asking the same questions and expecting a different answer. But the end result was always the same. No solution.
At least she didn’t forget to include the peanut butter in the peanut butter oatmeal bar recipe included in ‘The Auctionhouse Murders‘. Neither did she forget to add the page numbers to the book. And not even Beulah knows how many of the now Collector’s Edition copies with errors are out there. Beulah is programmed to do it right the first time, every time. As I said. No personality. No dimension. Just the facts.
In summary. If I ever resort to expose’ blogging or writing for Dragnet, I’ll set Beulah to the task. We’ll be a blur in getting the job done. But as far as publishing an action-packed, people clashing adventure? I might let Beulah help out with a plot twist now and again.
Or… have I managed to add personality and dimension to Beulah’s program? Who really wrote this piece?
Mua ha ha ha ha
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