The Thélyson Orélien Affair: AI, Authorship, and the Age of Suspicion

September 29, 2026

The Thélyson Orélien Affair: AI, Authorship, and the Age of Suspicion

In a recent Le Monde op-ed, Professor Benjamin Hoffmann examines the controversy surrounding writer Thélyson Orélien and the accusations that his novel was produced with the help of artificial intelligence. He argues for a more nuanced understanding of AI’s role in literary creation, while calling attention to the human and racial dimensions of the campaign against Orélien and to the need to evaluate a writer’s work on the basis of the text itself.

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cover of Le Monde newspaper article by Dr. Hoffmann