Having two writers whose opinions on AI differ greatly was intentional: while Ted sees AI as plagiarist, James's company Sudowrite uses it as a sparring partner for writers.
Nina Beguš
For those curious more about what Ted Chiang and James Yu think about AI, you can listen to the audio recording of our Commonwealth Club event from a few months ago here:
www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...
🚨🚨🚨 new Ted Chiang on AI just dropped 🚨🚨🚨https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR7CsNA92bD_yo6VqlH7-uco&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
