I Tried Using A.I. To Replicate My Creative Process. It Got Weird.

Can you turn a machine into a novelist?

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The speculative-fiction writer Philip K. Dick used amphetamines and other stimulants to transform himself into a 24/7 writing machine. Powered by chemicals, he churned out 28 novels and more than 132 short stories (many of which used drugs as subject matter, including “A Scanner…