Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?

I don't feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI," says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. Even if it is copied, I feel confident there's a part of me that will remain, which nobody can copy."

The 34-year old author is talking tome via Zoom from her home near Tokyo, ahead of the publication of theEnglish-language translation of her fourth novel, Sympathy Tower Tokyo. The book attracted controversy in Japan when it won a prestigious prize, despite being partly written byChatGPT.