Imagination in the AI Era

Writers and critics from Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Thailand said during a session at the 2026 Sharjah International Book Fair that storytelling would endure despite the influence of technology and artificial intelligence. They said the greatest challenge was protecting human imagination and the authenticity of creativity. They noted that AI can gather information and generate texts, but cannot transform them into a human creative experience or express emotions as a writer can. They warned that rote-based education and declining reading could threaten the passing of stories from one generation to the next, and stressed the importance of nurturing readers and creators capable of telling new stories.

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