Scrabble with AI
Unusual times call for extraordinary measures. Author Amy Fusselman, for example, came up with the idea of playing Scrabble in pandemic times. Not a remarkable event, you might think. After all, the popular letter-scrambling game has been around for 90 years, and in the age of the Internet, of course, it has long since morphed into an online game, or rather, a handy app on your smartphone. But how the author becomes an online Scrabble player and finds out about her AI game partner is quite enjoyable to read.
Writing books with AI
When it comes to AI (for artificial intelligence), opinions differ, and how could they not? What represents progress for some appears to others as a spectre of terror. And yet AI has long since penetrated further into our everyday lives than many of us realize. Artificial intelligence goes far beyond the networking of devices. In the context of this blog, I find the possibilities of using AI for writing particularly exciting. Author Daniel Kehlmann is leading the way in Germany: In My Algorithm and Me he talks about artificial intelligence and creativity. If you missed the stream, you can read a summary about the possibilities and limitations of writing with the help of artificial intelligence: "Mein Algorithmus und ich" <https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/daniel-kehlmann-kuenstliche-intelligenz-versuch-101.html>. Those who prefer the classic medium of books can look forward to March, when the Stuttgart Future Speech will be published as a book by Klett-Cotta.
