The Silicon Shakespeare: A Study of Language Learning Models and their Attempts at Creating Literature

The proliferation of Language Learning Models (LLMs) has greatly changed the perception of Artificial Intelligence in the field of literature in recent years. Every month, new and updated versions of these Machine Learning models are released and are becoming increasingly good at mimicking human characteristics and producing text that could easily earn a B in a typical graduate level assignment in today’s colleges. This has become increasingly problematic for pedagogists, as it created the need for new approaches that can circumvent the abuse of AI.