Tom Gatti
Observer book editor and participant in the discussion, offering editorial perspective on AI's mimicry of genre tropes and the implications for literature.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 24min
Can AI write good literature?
Tom Gatti, Observer book editor, gives an editorial take on AI mimicking genre tropes. Ada Barumé, author and podcast producer, shares experiments using ChatGPT to draft fiction. Erica Wagner, writer and former Booker judge, discusses authorship ethics and training-set controversies. They debate AI prose quality, originality, and the emotional and legal stakes of machine-made writing.
