The AI Update XIV: AI and Writing

It’s been a while since the last AI update, and with the field evolving so quickly, Scott and Jhave have plenty to catch up on. In this episode, they explore AI and writing - but who is prompting whom? Can AI serve as “steroids for creativity”? And if so, what are the unintended side effects?

References

Abundant Intelligence Project (2024). Indigenous AI and Language Revitalization.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-024-02099-4

Beckett, Samuel (1951). Molloy 

Codrescu, Andrei (1970). License to Carry a Gun. 

Joyce, James (1939) Finnegans Wake.

Mistral AI (2024). Mistral Large 2: Multilingual Capacity and European Language Models.https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large

The Conversation (2024). Fake academic papers are on the rise: why they’re a danger and how to stop them https://theconversation.com/fake-academic-papers-are-on-the-rise-why-theyre-a-danger-and-how-to-stop-them-224650

Prompt Armor (2024). Before installing an MCP: The security risks of autonomous agents.https://promptarmor.com/blog/

Suleyman, Mustafa et al. (2025). The Quantum Merlin Hypothesis and GPT-5 Iterative Problem Solving.https://arxiv.org/

Walker Rettberg, Jill (2023). Narrative Homogenization and Cultural Bias in Large Language Models.https://jilltxt.net/