Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright
Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat. Scholars at the Sorbonne University in Paris used artificial intelligence to help write an experimental play in the style of the 17th century dramatist Molière, more than 350 years after his death.
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- Scholars at Sorbonne University used AI to help create an experimental play in the style of Molière
- The comedy premiered at Versailles with AI-assisted dialogue, music, costumes, and scenery using the tool Le Chat
- This marks a revival of Molière more than 350 years after his death, showcasing AI's role in cultural heritage
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This matters because scholars at Sorbonne University used AI to help create an experimental play in the style of Molière.
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Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat
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Molière is to the French what Shakespeare is to the English: the last word in historical literature, drama, wit and satire.
Now, more than 350 years after his death, the 17th century dramatist has been revived after scholars at the Sorbonne University in Paris used artificial intelligence to help write an experimental play in his style.
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