Tokarczuk talks the talk

Photo: natemat.pl At a recent event in Poznan, Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk mentioned that she had used AI while working on her next novel. She said that “she asked an LLM what songs her characters might have danced to in the past. She also expressed support for the technology as a useful tool for writers.” Her admission of using AI in her writing has, inevitably, generated online criticism. As Publishers Lunch (20 May) informs us Ms Tokarczuk has responded with the following statement: Like any other conversation, remarks made before a live audience at a public event can be incorrectly understood. I did not write my forthcoming book — to be published in fall 2026 in Polish — either using AI or with anyone else. For several decades I have written alone. I state briefly and firmly: 1. I make use of artificial intelligence on the same principles as most people in the world — I treat it as a tool that allows faster documenting and checking of facts. Whenever I use this tool I…