Rejecting AI ghostwriting collaboration, Cai Sufen talks about the tradition that the Lim Wing Sam Literary Award wants to build

Cai Sufen, CEO of the Lin Rong San Cultural Charity Foundation. (Photo by reporter Hu Shunxiang)

[Reporter Ling Meixue/Taipei Report] The impact of the AI era on all walks of life has also become a hot topic in various fields. Cai Sufen, CEO of the Lam Wing Sam Cultural Charity Foundation, also mentioned the issue of AI ghostwriting or collaboration that has attracted much attention in recent years at the Lim Wing Sam Literary Award Ceremony today. Cai Sufen said that judging from the total number of recipients of 3,102 this year, it is noteworthy that this year’s domestic literary awards have seen an increase in recipients, as has Japan’s literary awards. It is reasonable to speculate that AI should be involved.

"Of course, our preliminary, second, and final review processes are judged step by step." Nowadays, most of the institutions that organize literary awards at home and abroad still prefer the creations of human beings. Cai Sufen said, "Our foundation has explicitly prohibited AI ghostwriting in the essay solicitation regulations from the 19th session of 2023, so if the work is found to be written by AI, it will be disqualified." Cai Sufen emphasized, "What we want to encourage is the brainpower of human beings, not AI. module, so I hope that in the future, contestants next year will still pay attention to this standard, and we encourage individual wisdom.”

Cai Sufen also mentioned that the Lim Wing Sam Literary Award has a model from the first to the present, which is to establish a legacy. Especially when it was first launched in 2004, the social atmosphere was impetuous and there were often many changes to the rules of work. "We hope that some good things will be left behind by the Literary Award, including inviting the previous first prize winner to the award ceremony. This is one of the traditions we want to establish."

Cai Sufen pointed out that literature is part of every creative field in society. "It is the voice that records our times, as well as human emotions." The winning works of the Lam Wing Sam Literary Award will be compiled into a collection, and the winner's words will be visible on the Internet and in libraries, which can be said to last longer than an individual's life. Cai Sufen said that the queue for the Lin Rong Sam Literary Award has reached 554 people this time, and she hopes that the queue will get longer and longer.