https://bifurcations.org/en/tags/writing/Recent content in Writing on BifurcationsHugoen-CATue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://bifurcations.org/en/texts/a-candide-without-voltaire/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://bifurcations.org/en/texts/a-candide-without-voltaire/<p><em>With artificial intelligence, a work can become far more elaborate than its creator’s own resources might lead us to expect. That possibility forces us to reconsider what works tell us about their authors—and how we distribute merit.</em></p> <p>The controversy surrounding Thélyson Orélien’s <em>C’était ça ou mourir</em> raises a question that reaches beyond this novel: what does a work establish about the person who signs it? This question extends an earlier reflection here on access to writing with AI.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>https://bifurcations.org/en/texts/do-you-have-to-write-well-to-have-something-to-say/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://bifurcations.org/en/texts/do-you-have-to-write-well-to-have-something-to-say/<p>I use artificial intelligence to write. This essay itself is taking shape with its help, through my questions, my experience, and our exchanges.</p> <p>I have never had much stylistic fluency, or the editing skills that make it easy to turn an idea into a finished piece. Nor can I afford to pay the people who could help me with that work.</p> <p><strong>Does that invalidate my ideas?</strong></p> <p>This question stays with me when I read about controversies over AI in literature. It took on another dimension in late September 2026, in London, while watching Sting’s <em>The Last Ship</em>.</p>