Rie Qudan, a Japanese novelist, approaches the intersection of her work and AI with a sense of confidence, believing her essence remains uncopyable. Her latest novel, Sympathy Tower Tokyo, sparked debate in Japan for being partially generated by AI. The narrative follows Sara Machina, an architect commissioned to build a tower housing criminals, exploring themes of societal sympathy and public attitudes toward crime. The inspiration stems from the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, spotlighting the complexities of compassion surrounding criminality, encapsulated in a Sympathy Test that utilizes AI to evaluate empathy.
Rie Qudan expresses confidence that, despite her work being used to train AI, there remains an authentic part of her that cannot be copied.
Sympathy Tower Tokyo centers on Sara Machina, a Japanese architect tasked with creating a tower for criminals that embodies compassion amidst societal contradictions.
The character Sara grapples with the notion of whether society's sympathy towards criminals is genuinely reflective of Japanese values, a theme arising from a real-life violent crime.
The narrative includes a Sympathy Test for prospective tower residents, evaluating their worthiness of compassion based on personal backgrounds, with AI determining decisions.
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