After killing the article, sure, why not kill the author next? This slightly unsettling essay argues that authors don’t matter that much in the first place. Rude. (David J. Gunkel, Noema)
Summary
- The "death of the author" signals the birth of the critical reader.
- Large language models challenge traditional notions of authorship and meaning-making.
- LLMs expose how the authority of the author was always a fiction.
