Authors who admit to using AI: 'I have absolutely no shame about it'
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THE INDEPENDENT — The author made headlines in May when he confessed to using ChatGPT “all the time” as part of his process. Today, he is keen to clarify what part of the process that is. “Strictly research,” he says now. “I would never put two words from AI next to one another.” Horowitz is not embarrassed to use AI in this way. “I have absolutely no shame about using it at all,” he says. “It would be crazy to give up an incredible resource.”
Crucially, it is never his only resource. Partway through our call, Horowitz excuses himself to answer the door for a package. The parcel that arrives is, in fact, germane to our conversation: a copy of Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-1945 by Ian Baruma. It’s one of dozens of non-fiction books that Horowitz is reading for his new historical fiction novel.
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