Why Sam Altman doesn’t think AI will replace writers

However, even if a human-surpassing AGI, or artificial general intelligence, does materialize, Altman posed a question in this hypothetical future — will the most popular novel of 2027 have a human name on it or not? He thinks it does.

“When I finish a great book, the first thing I do is like I want to know about the writer,” Altman said. “I want to know their life story. And I don’t think I’ll ever have that feeling to AI writing.”

The billionaire said that one of the main takeaways from an impactful book is the intrinsically human connection created between the reader and the author, one that he feels AI cannot replicate.

“You feel like you have this important shared human experience,” he said. “And that is some significant percentage of enjoyment of a great book to me, and I bet we keep doing that.”