Rie Kudan's ``Tokyo Sympathy Tower,'' which won the 170th Akutagawa Prize and was written using generative AI, has become a hot topic overseas.

On January 17, 2024, Rie Kudan's 'Tokyo Sympathy Tower' was selected for the 170th Akutagawa Prize. At the press conference to accept the award, Mr. Kudan revealed that ``Tokyo Sympathy Tower'' was ` `a novel written by making full use of document generation AI, '' which became a hot topic, and this fact has also become a hot topic overseas. Masu.

The entertainment media The Daily Beast reported, ``An award-winning novelist has revealed that he used ChatGPT.'' Shuichi Yoshida, one of the Akutagawa Prize selection committee members, told The Times , ``The work is perfect, and it's hard to find any flaws.'' ``It's a very interesting and interesting work, and it's a work that will provoke debate on how to examine it.'' I'm introducing things. I also ended the article with, ``Don't worry, shoddy students. If you're facing academic criticism for using AI, you can instead use AI to win a prestigious art award.'' Let's use ``,'' he concludes jokingly.

Novelist Rie Kudan Scoops Literary Prize—Then Reveals She Used ChatGPT
https://www.thedailybeast.com/novelist-rie-kudan-scoops-literary-prizethen-reveals-she-used-chatgpt

Technology media Motherboard reports that ``The winner of Japan's highest literary award will approve the use of ChatGPT.'' It added: 'The reaction on social media was swift and harsh, with many users expressing concern about what the future of literature would look like if we allowed AI to compete for top prizes.' The use of generative AI in the field remains highly controversial, in part because generative AI is trained on the work of other novelists.'

Winner of Japan's Top Literary Prize Admits She Used ChatGPT
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7z58y/rie-kudan-akutagawa-prize-used-chatgpt

The Telegraph reports that the novelist admits to using ChatGPT to write part of his winning novel. Furthermore, Kudan emphasized that ``approximately 5% of the novel is the same text output by the generative AI'' as explained at the award press conference.

Author admits she used ChatGPT to write parts of prize-winning novel
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/18/author-used-chatgpt-ai-to-write-prize-winning-novel-japan/

The New York Post headlined ``Novel written with the help of AI receives prestigious literary award,'' and ``The 33-year-old author is embarrassed that AI has had a huge impact on her writing process.'' 'It didn't seem like it was done,' the report said.

Rie Kudan used AI to help write 'The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy'
https://nypost.com/2024/01/18/news/rie-kudan-used-ai-to-help-write-the-tokyo-tower-of-sympathy/

The business newspaper The Economic Times reported on this case with a clearly negative stance, saying, ``Japanese literary award winners are not ashamed of using ChatGPT.'' In the article, a reaction on social media to Kudan writing a novel using ChatGPT was, ``She just wrote a novel using AI skillfully, and whether she has talent or not is up to me.'' 'I don't know what to do,' or 'This is how an Akutagawa Prize winner uses ChatGPT. He doesn't use it to be lazy, he uses it to unleash his creativity.' In addition, The Economic Times reported on a case in which British author Salman Rushdie was asked to use AI in his writing, but said, ``What the AI output was pure garbage.'' I introduced it.

openai: Japan literary laureate unashamed about using ChatGPT - The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/japan-literary-laureate-unashamed-about-using-chatgpt/articleshow/106950262.cms

THE DECODER, an AI-related media, reported that ``Rie Kudan, winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award, admitted that she wrote 5% of her novels using ChatGPT.'' ``This shows a new perspective on generative AI that differs from some novelists suing AI development companies.'' Stephen King, a famous horror novelist, also believes that AI complements human skills. King argues that AI will never produce anything truly creative.To produce something truly creative, we still need humans.King argues that AI will never produce anything truly creative. 'I don't feel threatened by AI in my work,' he said, citing the example of Stephen King, who, like Kudan, is not afraid of using AI.

Award-winning author wrote 'about 5 percent' of her book using ChatGPT
https://the-decoder.com/award-winning-author-wrote-about-5-percent-of-her-book-using-chatgpt/

In addition, you can try reading 'Tokyo Sympathy Tower' from Shinchosha's official page , and it is sold on Amazon for 1870 yen including tax.

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