Mike Sharples
Psychologist and researcher in computers and creativity with a career spanning 40+ years, author of Story Machines and How We Write, and pioneer in computational story generation and educational technology.
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Oct 1, 2024 • 51min
Dr. Mike Sharples: Artificial intelligence and creative writing
Mike Sharples, psychologist and pioneer in computational storytelling, reflects on 40+ years of computers and creativity. He recounts early chatbots, tools that scaffold children’s writing, and his Messica model that mirrors human writing rhythms. He contrasts symbolic story skeletons with neural LLMs and champions hybrid systems for richer, controllable narratives.
