Article Archive: Research

Being Water: Ocean Media and the Milieus of Writing with AI 

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 »

Ten Books for Writing with AI

Reading Time: 4 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 »

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

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

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 »

My Creative Collaborator

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

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 »

What Then Must We Do About AI?

Reading Time: 4 minutes This article by Guy Gadney, CEO of Charisma.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.   The UK creative industries are financial powerhouses, recognised internationally for writing,… Read more »

AI and “Symbiotic Creativity”

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Reham Hosny 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.   In the early stages of algorithmic creative writing, Christopher Strachey‘s love letter generator, developed… Read more »

A Brief History of Writing: From Human Meaning to Computational Pattern Recognition and Beyond

Gary Hall and Joanna Zylinska

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article 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.   What forms will literature and creative writing take ‘after AI’? And what will happen to the… Read more »