Kamal Ghorui
These days, AI (computer programs that can write) is starting to play a big role in books and stories. This is making people wonder: how do we know if a human really wrote something?
Right now, AI is getting really good at writing. In the future, it might get even better. Studies have shown that people usually trust writing by humans more than writing by AI. But that could change one day, and people might stop caring who (or what) wrote something.
But that time isn’t here yet. If someone pretends that AI-written work is their own, people can get very upset.
This is what happened to a writer named Mia Ballard. Her horror book Shy Girl was removed by her publisher because people online thought AI had written it. But the problem is, it’s actually very hard to prove if something is written by AI or a human. Also, the more people use AI tools, the more their writing styles start to sound similar to AI anyway.
Even in the past, people have questioned famous writers. For example, some people have argued about whether William Shakespeare really wrote all his works. So, questions about originality are not new.
One writer, Ian Leslie, says AI will never fully replace human novelists. Why? Because humans write from real-life experiences and emotions. That’s what makes stories feel real—even if they are about imaginary things like dragons.
When we read, we feel like we are connecting with a real person behind the words. If that disappears, stories might feel less meaningful—like someone is just pretending to have a voice.
In the end, we don’t just read stories for the plot—we read them for the person behind them. And while stories can be fictional, readers still want the writer to be real.
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