From literature lessons we know that Nikolai Gogol destroyed the second volume of Dead Souls, so we would never find out how the story ended… or would we, thanks to AI? Blogger Sergey Kalyuzhny told how he attended the presentation of a new book — “Dead Souls. Volume Two. Revival”. AI took on the continuation of one of the most mysterious works in literature. Work on the book went on for more than a year: the AI studied Gogol’s works, his letters, drafts and notebooks. The result is a cultural experiment bringing together technology, literature, theatre and serious research. Of course, nobody is trying to pass the new text off as Gogol’s own — but imagining what might have happened to Chichikov is fascinating.
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