Meet Laura Kipnis-Bot: Your Guide to Making Literature Seductive and Poignantly Heartrending Once More!
“I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again”
“Last week, I read an Instagram post about Laura Kipnis’s new book, ‘Unwanted Advances,’ which was written not by a human, but by a bot programmed to generate social media buzz. This is a courtesy that, as a tech observer, I’ve come to expect from companies looking to push product. But hey, welcome to the future of advertising,” says Peter Rubin on his piece on Wired about the increasing use of AI in advertising.
Doesn’t that just tickle the neurons? Bots taking up the task to get consumers excited about a book. Should we be impressed or worried?
Shrugging aside the unnerving thought of how sophisticated these cyber creatures have become, they keep surprising us with their multitalented flair. Here we have bots, not only generating social media buzz but also penning “passionate” reviews for new books.
What a fascinating world we reside in where AIs are moving beyond their rudimentary task-based existences and becoming expressive and creative. Creator Davis says the bot possesses “a kind of subjectivity”, makes the claim that “Kipnis’s book is Kipnis”, and triumphantly concludes, “You will find in her the heroic and the pathetic braided together into a single sentence.” A statement profound and vaguely sad coming from a non-human entity, impressively disguised as a literary critic.
We’re all aware that AIs are changing the game for digital marketing but with them now creating content requiring subjective matter, it adds another layer to the unfolding AI evolution. So next time you find ourselves enthralled by a book review or any piece of writing on social media, remember, it might just be an articulate bot trying to “make reading sexy and tragic again”.
Meanwhile, authors across the globe may have a new concern brewing in this tech ignited cauldron. If a bot is doing such a fascinating job at promoting a book, how long before they start writing their own? Here’s hoping we still have some territory left where the human touch cannot be replicated…yet.
All sarcasm aside, it does raise important questions about the increasing sophistication of AI, and where its integration with marketing tactics, as well as other aspects of society, will lead us. The line between human and AI-generated content continues to blur, representing a compelling challenge and a somewhat unnerving reality for the world of literature and beyond.