Could the next great novel be written by AI (and would you even be able to tell)?

The article explores whether AI language models (LLMs, which are trained systems that predict and generate text) can write fiction indistinguishable from human authors, amid growing concerns about AI use in publishing and media. It examines what linguistic features actually differentiate human writing from machine-generated text, drawing on perspectives from linguists and established novelists like Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson.