As far back as 1967, in his lecture ‘Cybernetics and Ghosts’, Italo Calvino argued that a writing machine might one day be able to perform the ‘combinatorial game’ engaged in by the creative writer, but that the literary shock will only occur if it ‘is surrounded by the hidden ghosts of the individual and of his society.’
CWC members Tim Jarvis, Sarah Gibson Yates, Lisa Farrell and Jon Stone will be running a one-hour AI writing workshop this Friday as part of the National Association of Writers in Education's (NAWE) 2024 conference, Writing to Connect. The workshop will explore how AI tools, in spite of their tendency towards plagiarism and conformity, can be used to support original and radical creative practice.
The workshop runs from 3-4pm on Friday 8th November. Go here to book tickets.