On the afternoon of June 10, the book sharing meeting of writer Chen Chongzheng's "Levitation" was held at Fangsuo Bookstore in Guangzhou, and writer Zhu Shanpo attended the event and participated in the dialogue. "Levitation" uses the image of birds throughout the novel, through thought experiments, imagination and the development of artificial intelligence, and explores the relationship between people's own situation and lifestyle under the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
Live photos of the event
Starting from the topic of artificial intelligence writing college entrance examination essays, Chen Chongzheng compared the difference between AI and humans: "AI is driven by purpose, and human behavior will go beyond reason and beyond absolute utilitarianism. Chen Chongzheng said that in the five years since writing the novel "Levitation", artificial intelligence has received more and more attention, and after the publication of "Levitation", it happened to catch ChatGPT becoming a hot topic.
Chen Chongzheng said that human beings have a side of looking up at the stars, but they cannot be separated from ordinary life. Human beings are a complex full of joys, sorrows, and sorrows, AI judgments rely on logic, and human life needs poetry. Human beings are full of prejudice, will be moved by sincerity, will be moved by kindness, writing is done from the aesthetic dimension, the test is the compassion of the writer's humanity, the breadth of the heart, the writer should open up the spiritual world for the reader.
Zhu Shanpo believes that the imagination of "Levitation" is strange, the protagonist in the novel is a physical virtual person and a story collector, and the memory is re-edited, which puts forward a very meaningful thinking. Science fiction should pay attention to the development of the times, walk at the forefront of ideas, lead people to think, and show their thinking in multiple times in writing, which is the greatest gift for writers to give back to readers through imagination.
In Zhu Shanpo's view, the future literary form will inevitably change, there is no unchanged literature, truly talented writers can not be replaced by AI, even if AI surpasses the wisdom of writers, literature will not be completely replaced. Writers want to create something unique that no one has before. The result of the writer's creation is the crystallization of wisdom, and human beings always need wise words and literature to enlighten life.
At the event, the two writers answered questions from literature lovers on the spot. Zhu Shanpo encouraged young writers that writing is like playing football, even if they pass the door again and again, they must not be discouraged and continue to attack until the ball is sent to the goal.
Written by: Nandu reporter Zhu Rongting