Taking recent spectacular progress in AI fully into account, this book explores the prospects for artificial literary translation and composition, with frequent reference to the hyperconscious literary art of Vladimir Nabokov. The exploration balances reader-friendly explanation (“What are transformers?”) and original insights (“What is intelligence? What is language?”), with personal and playful notes, and culminates in an assortment of striking demos.

The book’s Preface places the current AI explosion in the context of other technological cataclysms and recounts the author’s personal (and not always deadly serious) AI journey.
Chapter One (“Extracting the Essence”) assesses the potential of machine translation of literature, using Nabokov’s literary style as a reference point.
Chapter Two (“Toward an Artificial Nabokov”) speculates on the possibilities of actual artificial literary creation.
Chapter Three (“Large Literary Models? Intelligence and Language in the LLM Era”) explains recent breakthroughs in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as exemplified by Large Language Models like ChatGPT. Along the way, the chapter addresses perennial questions (“What is intelligence?” “What is language?”) and presents a series of compelling demos.
The volume’s Sendoff reflects on whether machines—while now arguably intelligent—can ever experience enough sensation and emotion to create literary art with more than borrowed depth. While acknowledging that this may happen sooner than expected, the author refuses to despair.

Key Selling Points

• Bridges the still-gaping culture gap between the humanities and the sciences

• Explains artificial intelligence concepts clearly and in depth, without technical jargon

• Cites numerous literary references and explores their relevance to AI

• Offers literate, humorous, and personalized narration

About the Author

Mark Seligman, PhD, is Founder, President, and CEO of Spoken Translation, Inc. In 1998, he organized the first speech translation system demonstrating broad coverage with acceptable quality. He also publishes on speech translation and cognitive science.

Publication Information

Publication Date: 7 Oct 2025
Price: £19.99 / $24.95
Publisher: Anthem Press
Distribution: Ingram Publisher Services
ISBN: 9781839994388
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
Book Webpage: anthempress.com/ai-and-ada-pb

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