Italian Writers Rethink Their Drafting Habits as AI Suspicion Grows
The methods employed by modern novelists are facing examination amid rising concerns about the incorporation of AI in literature. The controversy began with Canadian-Haitian author Thélyson Orélien, who was accused in September of utilizing a chatbot for a book that had previously received acclaim. Orélien refuted these allegations, asserting that his initial draft was completed before the advent of AI tools, though he did not provide evidence. In response, Italian author Paolo Giordano has modified his approach by saving daily iterations of his writing on offline computers. Other writers, including Vincenzo Latronico and Valeria Parrella, stress the importance of file preservation. Emmanuela Carbé describes this practice as "digitale d'autore," while Teresa Ciabatti and Emanuele Trevi employ distinct saving techniques, and Chiara Valerio retains typos as a testament to authenticity.
Fatti principali
- Thélyson Orélien, a Canadian-Haitian writer, was accused in September of using a chatbot to write a recently published, prize-winning book
- The accusation rested on a Pangram analysis shared on social media; Orélien denied it and offered no proof
- Paolo Giordano, 43, now saves daily numbered files, writes offline, uses USB sticks and would return to handwriting
- Vincenzo Latronico, 42, keeps external-drive backups but says revision histories cannot prove AI was not used
- Emmanuela Carbé of Ca' Foscari University in Venice coined the term 'digitale d'autore' for digital authorial archives
- The hybrid archive of poet Franco Fortini, who died at 77 in 1994, includes floppy disks with three backups of his last computer
- Teresa Ciabatti had 36 versions of her novel Donnaregina on her computer over four years
- Walter Siti, 79, writes by hand in a notebook and types the text up in the evening
Entità
Artisti
- Thélyson Orélien
- Paolo Giordano
- Vincenzo Latronico
- Valeria Parrella
- Emmanuela Carbé
- Franco Fortini
- Teresa Ciabatti
- Emanuele Trevi
- Walter Siti
- Igiaba Scego
- Chiara Valerio
- Virginia Woolf
Istituzioni
- Il Post
- Corriere della Sera
- Ca' Foscari University
- Pangram
- ChatGPT
- Dropbox
Luoghi
- Italy
- Venice
- Canada
- Haiti