Can AI Tell a Good Story?
I co-wrote a flash fiction piece with seven LLMs. Can you tell which one is me?
When it comes to AI writing, everyone has strong opinions.
“AI writing is easy to spot!”
“AI is better at writing than most humans!”
“AI can’t write good fiction!”
“AI doesn’t love you like we do, Dad. Please step away from the screen and come down from the attic. You haven’t eaten in days!”
I’ve heard it all.
In reality, things are always more nuanced than catchy headlines would have you believe.
As I’ve shown last year, while most of us can spot low-effort, generic AI slop, it’s easy to nudge large language models into tripping up AI detectors. AI can even be genuinely funny under the right conditions.
But can you, dear reader, easily tell which parts of a fictional story have been written by AI?
We’re about to find out!
The test
One of my Sunday Showdowns had two LLMs writing two separate microfiction pieces.
For this experiment, I’ve tweaked and expanded the prem…