AI Wrote a Prize-Winning Story. No One Noticed

A short story wins a major literary prize. Everything looks normal - until it doesn't.We're getting into the AI literary scandals shaking up publishing this year. A magazine cutting ties with its own award, a bookstore chain's controversial new shelving policy and a Nobel laureate's confession about her writing process that's got us talking.Plus: our assistance dog Lacey, a notebook obsession reaching disturbing new heights, and a question we can't quite shake — what gets lost when a machine can pass as the author?You might want to listen if:You've wondered whether AI could actually write a novel worth readingYou're curious what a Nobel Prize winner really thinks about authors using AIYou like your publishing gossip served with a side of dog storiesPain In The Arts is a weekly podcast about the reality of creative life — hosted by Breallyn and Lyndon Wesley.If you enjoyed this episode, the best thing you can do is share it with one person who'd love it.Subscribe and listen:On your favourite podcast app or visit paininthearts.lifeSupport the show on Patreon:patreon.com/painintheartslifeFind us online:paininthearts.lifeInstagram: @painintheartsTheme music by Lyndon WesleyProduced on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.