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Chinese science-fiction writer Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem, uses ChatGPT to craft speech, expects AI to replace ‘some human work’

  • The Hugo Award-winning author of The Three-Body Problem said he turned to ChatGPT because he was running out of time to write a speech
  • Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan had earlier revealed that he used ChatGPT to beat writer’s block and help him craft a speech

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Liu Cixin, the Hugo Award-winning author of bestselling science-fiction novel The Three-Body Problem. Photo: Handout
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China’s most famous science-fiction writer, Liu Cixin, said he used ChatGPT to help compose his recent public speech, which reinforced his belief about the potential of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to replace certain human activity.
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“ChatGPT, of course, will make an impact on human existence and society, but its influence won’t result in AI-ruled humans like what happens in science fiction,” Liu told Michael Yu Minhong, founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group, in a live-streamed interview on May 31.
“At the current stage … it is likely to replace some human work,” Liu, the Hugo Award-winning author of bestselling sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, said.

On using ChatGPT for his recent public speech, Liu said: “I was running out of time … and it did very well.”

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Liu is not the first celebrity Chinese author to seek help from AI to help write a speech.

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Earlier last month, Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan – known for novels such as Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads and The Republic of Wine – shocked the crowd at a literary event in Shanghai, where he revealed that he used ChatGPT to write a speech praising fellow author Yu Hua.
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