Episode 20 – Is Writing Like Hip-Hop?
Stephen Marche on Writing with AI
Dear Listeners,
This week, we’re thrilled to welcome Stephen Marche to Prosthetic Gods.
Stephen is the author of The Next Civil War and Death of an Author, and a sharp cultural critic writing on the cutting edge of AI and creativity.
We talk about his process of co-writing with AI tools, the analogy between sampling in hip-hop and generative writing, and what the future of literature might look like in an age where authorship is no longer solitary.
Topics include:
– Is AI writing an act of creativity—or curation?
– Death of an Author: fiction written in collaboration with machines
– The rise of hybrid authorship
– The ethics and aesthetics of AI-assisted storytelling
📖 Featured reading: “The Future of Writing Is a Lot Like Hip-Hop” (The Atlantic, May 2023)
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As always, we invite your thoughts—does the future of writing sound like a remix?