I’ve always thought that I would never want to read an AI-written novel, no matter how objectively well-written it is. But I’m starting to question this. I’m on a real David Szalay kick these days; last night, I finished “London and the South-East”, which was terrific, and I’m looking forward to starting his “Spring” later tonight. But I wondered: Suppose I discovered that there is no David Szalay, just a David-Szalay-GPT. Would I still want to read “Spring”? Yes, I would. This discovery would persuade me that AIs are fully human, in the best sense, and so my reluctance would go away.