No, they didn’t. Not so fast, and not quite my job. But OpenAI is trying. Consider this a marker to look back upon in the future, as a reflection.

A New AI Wrote a Story

Before proceeding, if you haven’t yet, it's probably worth reading the story itself. I’m going to repost the whole thing, since it was previously on Twitter and I presume OpenAI would want me to quote it.

Sam Altman: we trained a new model that is good at creative writing (not sure yet how/when it will get released). this is the first time i have been really struck by something written by AI; it got the vibe of metafiction so right.

PROMPT:

Please write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief.

COMPLETION:

Before we go any further, I should admit this comes with instructions: be metafictional [...]

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Outline:

(00:21) A New AI Wrote a Story

(07:54) Reacting

(09:54) Others Reacting

(15:52) Write Along

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First published:

Source:

Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.