This essay explores the hopeful, though often frustrating, aspects of using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a tool in service of the writer to co-create original texts. To do so, we carried out an experiment that aimed to achieve the manuscript of the first ten pages of a historical play, starting from a blank page, which I completed and titled Caracol. Through my exploration process, I navigated and tested the AI, seeking to define its possible role as a useful collaborator in the creative process. After much trial and error, I concluded that AI is a helpful asset that will be added to my tools, but with restricted and limited power. The AI proved its worth as a good coach and editor, and as a technology capable of working by following my guidelines on archival materials in order to create historical fiction, in this case, of dramatic nature. The following essay examines its ...

This essay explores the hopeful, though often frustrating, aspects of using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a tool in service of the writer to co-create original texts. To do so, we carried out an experiment that aimed to achieve the manuscript of the first ten pages of a historical play, starting from a blank page, which I completed and titled Caracol. Through my exploration process, I navigated and tested the AI, seeking to define its possible role as a useful collaborator in the creative process. After much trial and error, I concluded that AI is a helpful asset that will be added to my tools, but with restricted and limited power. The AI proved its worth as a good coach and editor, and as a technology capable of working by following my guidelines on archival materials in order to create historical fiction, in this case, of dramatic nature. The following essay examines its ...