Martin Suter: Bestselling author is not afraid of AI literature

Writer Suter: “We feel the feelings we describe”

Swiss bestselling author Martin Suter is not afraid of literature in the face of artificial intelligence. “AI can write a romance novel, but it can’t feel what it’s like to be in love,” Suter told dpa. I think this is our trump card up our sleeve. We feel the feelings we describe. And that, if you're a little bit sensitive, you notice when you read.

Suter emphasizes the difference between knowledge and intelligence. We notice the difference between a man who has knowledge, who has learned a lot, and an intelligent man. This is my hope that we will continue to feel this difference in the future.

A friend once sent him a few pages, which he had created by an AI “in the style of Martin Suter”. The result had reassured him very much, said the 78-year-old – it was not to be confused with his texts. But he sees a problem: In the course of time, fewer and fewer people will notice if something is not real, "because you get used to this kind." Suter’s new novel “One and All” comes out on October 21 – self-written, as he emphasizes.