As someone in the word business, I’m often asked to weigh in on the question of literature and artificial intelligence. People are usually surprised when I admit that I love A.I. I use A.I. for everything, 24/7. I can’t get enough, me and my whole family. My uncle uses A.I. to buy onions. It used to be you wanted onions, you went to the store and maybe it was full of people, or it was empty — you literally never knew. Now A.I. can calculate when the grocery store is low-traffic, and my uncle just strolls in, la-di-da, and buys onions, no waiting. Imagine a world where you don’t have to wait to buy onions. It’s here.

 

Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

By Colson Whitehead

Mr. Whitehead is the author of the forthcoming novel “Cool Machine.”