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He envisions leveraging AI to churn out full novels, especially during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), turning the creative process into a robust, automated workflow.
The Personal Drive Behind the Project
Despite modest success as an author, Shapiro describes his work as driven purely by passion for the art of storytelling. His experimentation with AI and cognitive architectures is motivated by a desire to democratize storytelling—making it possible to generate an infinite universe of stories for any reader or writer.
He openly acknowledges the challenges, such as occasional typos in training data or the need for further fine-tuning, but remains optimistic about the potential of AI to democratize and revolutionize creative writing.