Artificial Intelligence as a Short Story Writer:The Case of ChatGPT
FOLKLOR/EDEBIYAT-FOLKLORE/LITERATURE, cilt.32, sa.2, ss.459-482, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.22559/folklor.5014
- Dergi Adı: FOLKLOR/EDEBIYAT-FOLKLORE/LITERATURE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.459-482
- Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Although the history of artificial intelligence-defined by many researchers as the ability to perform cognitive functions independently-can be traced back to the 1940s, its importance and influence have increased significantly in recent years, to the point that it has become an integral part of daily life. Accordingly, scientific research on artificial intelligence has made substantial quantitative and qualitative progress. However, this progress has not reached the expected level in the field of literature. In line with this gap, the present study examines the short story-writing capability of artificial intelligence through the responses of expert participants to a survey. The central aim of the study is to interpret artificial intelligence's literary capabilities within the framework of short story writing. The study further investigates how successfully artificial intelligence imitates authors who have left a significant mark on modern Turkish short fiction, based on expert evaluations. In this context, a total of six short stories, presented in pairs, were assigned to 160 participants consisting of undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Anadolu University. Participants were asked to determine whether each story had been written by a human author or by artificial intelligence. In addition, they were asked to evaluate the stories on aesthetic grounds. One of the most significant findings of the study is that participants were unable to distinguish between short stories written by Sait Faik Abas & imath;yan & imath;k and Ferit Edg & uuml; and those generated by artificial intelligence in their style. This finding was further supported by a chi-square test. Moreover, the analysis revealed a statistically significant relationship between participants' aesthetic appreciation of a story and their belief that it had been written by a human author.