"As example, when I write I tend to think of what's being written as "my ideas", as I believe most people tend to do."
That's true to some extent, but at some point, writing has to reference the external world. If you say, for instance, "There is a fire in Hawaii," your statement refers to something that is occurring in the external world…
"As example, when I write I tend to think of what's being written as "my ideas", as I believe most people tend to do."
That's true to some extent, but at some point, writing has to reference the external world. If you say, for instance, "There is a fire in Hawaii," your statement refers to something that is occurring in the external world. Large Language Models don't currently have the ability to describe events in the real world: all they can do is reshuffle text that's already been created by humans.
How this applies to literature: a novel or a short story often incorporates the author's life experience in some way. E.g., Joseph Conrad was inspired to write *Heart of Darkness* after a real-life stint as a riverboat captain in Africa; Aeschylus drew on his experience as as soldier at the Battle of Marathon when he wrote *The Persians*; *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* was inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's real-life trip to Las Vegas, and so on—there are probably thousands of examples out there.
Until LLMs develop some kind of ability to interact with the physical world, they'll have a difficult time creating compelling fiction. I'm not saying this is impossible; it just means that LLMs as they're currently constructed won't be enough.
"As example, when I write I tend to think of what's being written as "my ideas", as I believe most people tend to do."
That's true to some extent, but at some point, writing has to reference the external world. If you say, for instance, "There is a fire in Hawaii," your statement refers to something that is occurring in the external world. Large Language Models don't currently have the ability to describe events in the real world: all they can do is reshuffle text that's already been created by humans.
How this applies to literature: a novel or a short story often incorporates the author's life experience in some way. E.g., Joseph Conrad was inspired to write *Heart of Darkness* after a real-life stint as a riverboat captain in Africa; Aeschylus drew on his experience as as soldier at the Battle of Marathon when he wrote *The Persians*; *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas* was inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's real-life trip to Las Vegas, and so on—there are probably thousands of examples out there.
Until LLMs develop some kind of ability to interact with the physical world, they'll have a difficult time creating compelling fiction. I'm not saying this is impossible; it just means that LLMs as they're currently constructed won't be enough.