AI and Creativity: Steven Johnson on Writing Books with Gemini Notebook, AI as Anti-Social-Media
stevenbjohnson · x · 2026-08-14
Author Steven Johnson joins Nick Thompson on a podcast to discuss AI and the future of writing and creativity. Highlights include how they used Gemini Notebook to write books, AI enabling serendipitous discovery via citation-based research, the brilliance of the 'explain' button in Notebook's quiz feature, AI as anti-social-media with a pull toward mainstream consensus, why the human voice of writers remains valuable (a moat for The Atlantic), and advice for teens: treat AI as a world-class editor, researcher, and tutor.
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