From a technical standpoint, this is incredible. A few years ago, computers had problems creating grammatically correct sentences. Producing a consistent narrative like this was science fiction.
From an artistic standpoint, the result is... I'd say: incredibly mediocre, with some glaring errors in between. This does not mean that an average person could produce a similar chapter. Gemini can clearly produce better prose than the vast majority of people. However, the vast majority of people does not publish books. Gemini would have to be on par with the best professional writers, and it clearly isn't. Why would you read this when there is no shortage of great books out there? It's the same with music, movies, paintings, etc. There is more great art than you could ever consume in your lifetime. All LLMs/GenAI do in art is pollute everything with their incredible mediocrity. For art (and artists), these are sad times.
From an artistic standpoint, the result is... I'd say: incredibly mediocre, with some glaring errors in between. This does not mean that an average person could produce a similar chapter. Gemini can clearly produce better prose than the vast majority of people. However, the vast majority of people does not publish books. Gemini would have to be on par with the best professional writers, and it clearly isn't. Why would you read this when there is no shortage of great books out there? It's the same with music, movies, paintings, etc. There is more great art than you could ever consume in your lifetime. All LLMs/GenAI do in art is pollute everything with their incredible mediocrity. For art (and artists), these are sad times.