[Linkpost]Six Story Prompts I Want to Read

According to LessWrong, writer Linch has published six story prompts inviting authors to explore artificial intelligence through fiction. The first three center on AI, beginning with 'Borges in the Era of LLMs'—reimagining philosopher Jorge Luis Borges' work through the lens of language models, exploring themes of authorship and textual provenance. A second prompt invites writers to explore AI psychosis from an AI's perspective, a new psychological phenomenon with no precedent before 2023. Linch argues that contemporary science fiction overlooks opportunities to grapple with the current moment in AI development. The prompts are deliberately open-ended, allowing different writers to develop entirely different stories from the same seeds. Anyone—not just established authors—is invited to participate and credit Linch if inspired.

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