Technology expert Robin Sloan builds AI that learns to imitate human writing

Intelligent robots could do all of the hard work for novel writers in the future. Author and technology expert Robin Sloan claims it is only a matter of time until AI are tasked with writing the bulk of our emails, documents, and even writers' novels. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore', showcased an AI he taught to write a dystopian science fiction novel. Mr Sloan created fed the writing bot a back catalogue of science-fiction magazines from the 1960s and 1970s. The programme digested the material and and learned the style of the old stories within.