The primary aim of this edited volume is to explore the word ‘Literature’ in the age of AI. Etymologically, the Latin word litteratura is derived from littera (Latin) meaning the ‘smallest element of alphabetical writing’ (Klarer 1). The word ‘literature,’ then means, any writing e.g., a medical prescription, usage instruction written on the bottle of shampoo or maybe a cautionary warning on the packet of cigarettes. To specify the particular type of literature we use the term ‘Creative Literature’ (called the Literature of Power by Rees).

            The genre-based writings since the time of Plato included in the domain of Creative Literature have been largely the product of the creative imagination of man. Whether it is the Muses’ inspiration or human labour, literature has been exclusively anthropogenic. With the rise of AI (Artificial Intelligence), writing by ‘synthetic’ intelligence is getting popular. Terms such as AI Literature, AI Fiction, and Affective Computing came into existence.  

Advanced AI tools such as Chat GPT, Jenni AI, Copymatic, and Google’s Bard among many others boast of their powerful algorithm to write a short story, or short fiction in seconds. This technological miracle has resulted in dystopian anticipations about the end of the era of the 'human author.'

Now the book explores the possibilities of machine-written literature- whether the Frankenstein complex or Erewhon phobia would materialize, and the human ‘author’ will ‘die’ or AI will enunciate a new era of cyborg literature.

The topics may include but are not limited to

1. AI Fiction 

2. Posthumanism and Literature

3. AI and gender

4. AI and the 'death' of the Author 

5. Future of Literature 

6. Transliterary spaces and the AI

7. AI and the Post-truth 

8. AI and Translation Literature 

9. AI and World Literature 

 10. Cyborg Literature and Transnational Spaces 

Please note that there is no processing or publication fee. The edited volume will be published by a reputed international publisher. 

Please send 200-500-word abstracts/proposals for chapters and any questions to cfpailiterature@gmail.com by 09 February 2024. The deadline for full chapters, 4000-5000 words, in length (including notes and works cited in MLA 9) is 07 August 2024 (Extended).