Author admits to using ChatGPT to write parts of award-winning novel

The author's novel is set in a futuristic version of Japan, where artificial intelligence is a central part of everyday life. Photo: NEWSCOM /ALAMY

The author of an award-winning novel about artificial intelligence (AI) admitted during her acceptance speech that she wrote part of the book using ChatGPT.

Ri Kudan, a Japanese author, estimated that about five percent of her book «Tokyo Tower of Empathy» was taken «verbatim» from a chatbot.

The work was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for Promising New Writers on Wednesday night, along with one of the judges. praising the work as “flawless.”

“In writing this book, I made heavy use of generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT,” Ms. Kudan said in her opening speech.

“I would say that about five percent of the book quotes sentences generated verbatim AI.

She added that she often shares thoughts on the program that she “would never share with anyone else,” and that some of the answers inspired the dialogue in the book.

Rie Kudan (right) with fellow award winners Manabu Makime and Akiko Kawasaki Photo: NEWSCOM/ALAMY

Tokyo Tower of Empathy is set in a futuristic version of Japan, where artificial intelligence is a central part of everyday life.

In the center attention of an architect who designs a comfortable high-rise prison but faces difficulties in a society that seems overly sympathetic to criminals.

“The work is impeccable and it is difficult to find any faults with it,” said Shuichi Yoshida, a member jury, The Times reports.

“It's a very entertaining and interesting piece of work that's causing debate about how to look at it.”

AI has generated a lot of debate among writers and people in the creative industry. Critics say it will reduce the number of original works in favor of cheap copies processed by algorithms.

Months. The long Writers Guild of America strike, which halted television and film production, was partly caused by concerns about the technology.

Unions said studios would use AI to create first drafts of scripts and then hire screenwriters lower rate to bring them up to standard.

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, is among the writers who have criticized the creative power of AI.

When the program was asked to imitate his writing style, he reportedly said the results were “pure nonsense.”

“Anyone who has ever read 300 of my words , I would immediately understand that this could not be my merit,” he said.