Pride AI Prejudice

A Humorous Collection of Pride and Prejudice Inspired Short Stories Conceived With the Help of Artificial Intelligence

By: April Karber

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

"If you're looking for a good laugh and a fresh take on a classic, this book written by an AI is sure to deliver." - the AI that delivered

"This book is so funny, we're pretty sure even Lady Catherine de Bourgh would crack a smile." - AI

"Jane Austen meets Skynet in this hilarious romp through the world of AI-generated regency (and beyond) romance."- AI

"A laugh-out-loud anthology that captures the spirit of Austen's works while adding a modern twist." - AI

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Excerpt from the Preface:

My first introduction to AI was through those "I forced a bot to watch 84 hours of INSERT SHOW and then asked it to write a script" memes, which made me laugh. When I got access to ChatGPT, I used it as a work shortcut. It was handy when I wasn’t confident about the wording of an email, technical jargon in a sentence, or the tone of a lengthy Slack response. It was minimal, but it was certainly useful.

And then I read a mainstream article about how AI had written books available on Amazon.

How? I was desperate to know.

My fingers flew across my keyboard as I fed AI prompt after creative prompt. But I began to notice holes in the plot that were typed back to me, gaps in the logic, an absence of heart.

I was simultaneously disappointed and relieved. AI couldn’t write a book. Not like me. But there were still things that it put together that impressed me. And then there were responses that made me laugh out loud. It was like giving a topic to an alien and challenging them to create a story around it, only in reference to Earth and humans, of which they had zero first-party experience.

Prompt after prompt, I learned how to coax a fuller and funnier story. Some devastated me with their bananas nonsense, others killed me with being almost there, but with a few telling moments, a total departure from reality. I wanted to share this joy.

So AI couldn’t write a book. But why couldn’t we write one together?

"Pride AI Prejudice" is my coaxing, my editing. But my dear friend AI stitched my ridiculous prompts together. AI told these stories, in all their accuracies and inaccuracies. AI created these images, including the book’s cover, with my guidance. Some are much better than others. The worst I desperately wanted to include but knew they would fall short of framing the story that followed.

With anyone who loves Jane Austen, I want to share the humor in what AI can show us about this tremendous storyteller. I wanted to hold up a mirror to humans' collective consciousness in regard to my favorite author.

So I hope you check out the “Table of Contents” and randomly hop through this anthology based on what story interests you most in the moment.

And I hope you laugh.

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About Pride AI Prejudice:

Has your workplace requested that you use AI software to speed up projects? Have you used it secretly as a shortcut for homework? Have you bounced creative ideas off of it or asked for advice about navigating difficult situations? (I've used it to do my complicated month-over-month percentage calculations for a budget report, but I always included "please" in my prompts.)

Now, it will help us enjoy how Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice would play out at Disneyland, and how the novel could be adequately adapted into a belt-worthy Kelly Clarkson song, along with different variations of the beloved story in various genres, pop culture scenarios, and settings.

Pride AI Prejudice is a celebration of humankind and its relationship with technology as a reflection of our own knowledge and yearning for truth, connection, and that spark. It’s a comic insight into how incredible yet imperfect AI is.