Reading Time: 4 minutes Rethinking AI Writing as a Living Process Artificial intelligence has accelerated the automation of writing, raising questions about its vitality. Rather than viewing AI as a tool, this article explores how writing with AI generates new forms of life. Through my experimental project ‘Worship for Adaishe, or Pray for Him’, I introduce the notion of… Read more »
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Voices on the Future of Writing and Publishing
Reading Time: 5 minutes In this time of rapid technological advancement, the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative practice has become a focal point of academic research within MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. Recognising the importance of this fast-evolving landscape,… Read more »
The New Interface
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by author, data scientist and journalist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. The dominant form that AI takes in public perception… Read more »
Smash and Grab
James Bradley
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article by writer and critic James Bradley is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. “Which is it?” Joshua Rothman asked recently. “Business as usual… Read more »
MIX 2025: Writing with Technologies
Reading Time: < 1 minute 2 July 2025, 09:00 – 18:00 at Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus, Bath, UK Now in its eighth year, Bath Spa University’s MIX conference has established itself as an innovative forum for the discussion and exploration of writing and technology, bringing together researchers, writers, technologists and practitioners from around the world to make, think and… Read more »
My Creative Collaborator
Nadim Sadek
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Nadim Sadek, author and Founder & CEO of Shimmr AI, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. Wearing two hats – one… Read more »
What AI Can’t Steal from You
Jane Friedman
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Jane Friedman, editor of The Bottom Line, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. … Read more »
Beyond the Binary: How AI Teaches Us to Play Again
Imwen Eke
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Imwen Eke, play alchemist, creative technologist, facilitator, educator and TEDx speaker, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. AI is often framed… Read more »
AI: Collaborator, Competitor or Cannibal?
Anna Ganley
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Anna Ganley, CEO of the Society of Authors, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices. Authors are innovators. Many writers are using… Read more »
The Brutalist AI Controversy
Doug Specht
Reading Time: 6 minutes Artificial intelligence is fast becoming the hot technology in film and television industry. Tech shows and university campuses are awash with case studies and demos of the power of AI to transform the way we produce visual media. However, the storm of controversy that engulfed Brady Corbet’s latest film, The Brutalist, suggests that not everyone is ready… Read more »