Thinking Through Generated Writing

Mercedes Bunz

Thinking Through Generated Writing

Mercedes Bunz

Digital Humanities

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Abstract

This article returns to the launch of ChatGPT to study the mechanics of Large Language Models (LLMs) and to counterpose them against established theories of language and writing. Its aim is to explore the hypothesis that ‘generated writing’ is “the beginning of new writing”, a writing that has its own cultural logic and tendencies. To show this, the article revisits philosophical theories of writing, in particular those of Jacques Derrida and André Leroi-Gourhan, and reads them in light of the computational methods of LLMs to understand in what way ‘generated writing’ diverges from the writing we have known before.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Thinking with AI
Subtitle of host publication	Machine Learning the Humanities
Editors	Hannes Bajohr
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Open Humanities Press
Chapter	3
Pages	58-84
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78542-140-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78542-141-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

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Creative AI: machine learning as a medium in artistic and curatorial practice
Bunz, M. (Primary Investigator), Hedges, M. (Co-Investigator) & Iervolino, S. (Co-Investigator)
AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
14/02/2020 → 13/02/2022
Project: Research

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