The Author Who Saw AI Coming, Somehow

My bookstore: https://tibees.com/ This video is about a short story by Roald Dahl written in 1954 which speaks about the fictional idea of a text-generating machine. We will recognise these ideas as no longer fiction. Dahl does a good job of predicting how such a machine would impact culture and in this video I go through the story and share my thoughts. Great Automatic Grammatizator by Roald Dahl (PDF): https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/1953-dahl-thegreatautomaticgrammatizator.pdf Great Automatic Grammatizator & Other Stories (book): https://amzn.to/4ft4xsg As mentioned in this video, Dahl held some racist views and his legacy is not without criticism. Read about his family's public apology here: https://www.roalddahlmuseum.org/our-story/anti-racism-statement/ Support this channel with a monthly pledge on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Tibees Editing & animation by Noor Hanania Research assistance: Elke Robinson