When a Dialog becomes a Monologue: A debate on custom-made literature with generative AI

Maja Tabea Jerrentrup, Martin F. Villalba


Abstract
This paper presents a discussion on the potential effects of AI-generated fiction on its users in contrast to traditional literature. After discussing the importance of reading fiction and introducing the technical aspects of long story generation, we look at four aspects of how AI-generated fiction can affect users and society, namely, democratic use, creativity, customization and connectedness. We close with a discussion focusing on the needs for media education.
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2025.sigdial-1.11
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Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue
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August
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2025
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Avignon, France
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Frédéric Béchet, Fabrice Lefèvre, Nicholas Asher, Seokhwan Kim, Teva Merlin
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SIGDIAL
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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159–165
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Maja Tabea Jerrentrup and Martin F. Villalba. 2025. When a Dialog becomes a Monologue: A debate on custom-made literature with generative AI. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue, pages 159–165, Avignon, France. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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