Salman Rushdie: AI has 'zero' role in storytelling, teases 'Midnight's Children' TV series

Salman Rushdie has flatly dismissed artificial intelligence's role in literature and storytelling, telling Variety its contribution should be "nothing, zero," arguing AI lacks any capacity for originality. The author also teased an upcoming TV adaptation of his landmark novel "Midnight's Children" and a film version of "The Ground Beneath Her Feet."