the roamer<p>"I've become quite wary of the power to provoke emotions."</p><p>In today's Guardian. A quiet, probing and nuanced interview by Alex Clark with the great novelist Kazuo Ishiguru. </p><p>On writing, on generational changes in writers, on ignoring genre boundaries, on the difficulty of preserving integrity as a writer when genAI gets good at manipulating our emotions.</p><p>Set up to promote a re-edition of one of his novels, but very much worth reading. </p><p>‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/08/ai-will-become-very-good-at-manipulating-emotions-kazuo-ishiguro-on-the-future-of-fiction-and-truth?CMP=share_btn_url" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/mar</span><span class="invisible">/08/ai-will-become-very-good-at-manipulating-emotions-kazuo-ishiguro-on-the-future-of-fiction-and-truth?CMP=share_btn_url</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/KazuoIshiguru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KazuoIshiguru</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AlexClark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexClark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noAI</span></a></p>