The lecture confronts how large language models (LLMs) are transforming foundational concepts in literature and writing by actively reshaping the boundaries between human and machine authorship.
It examines how creative writing with artificial intelligence disrupts established notions of authorship, creativity, and originality. While digital literature offers conceptual approaches such as collaborative and process-oriented writing practices, the opposite is evident in the growing fields of AI slop and AI pulp – mass-produced texts without discernible narrative intent, now widespread on digital platforms.
Dr. Jenifer Becker is a Berlin-based author and literary scholar. She studied journalism and creative writing and works as a research associate at the University of Hildesheim. She completed her PhD in 2021 on narrative structures in postfeminist literature. Her research covers writing practices, digitality, AI writing tools, gender studies, and popular culture. She explores AI-generated prose in her literary work. Her debut novel, Zeiten der Langeweile, was published in 2023 by Hanser Berlin.
