The deixis of literature: On the conditions for recognizing computers as authors

• Published in: Orbis litterarum Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 309 - 322
• Main Author: Bajohr, Hannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2024
• Subjects: artificial intelligence; Authorship; Computers; computer‐generated literature; deixis

Taking the deictic judgment that is the modernist gesture of declaring something to be art as a starting point, this essay suggests an analogous deixis as a necessary condition for literature. This deixis also can serve as the basis for discussing the expectations of computer‐generated texts. Agains...