There's a false analogy in your argument about chess, i.e. it doesn't exactly track with the question which was why write about ~econ? The reality feedback happens in the real world, and then is studied and written about by economists. Anything true, is only so because it is cogent with reality. Its usefulness is only derived by how true it is in a subjective manner.
Similarly, in fiction, the unreality of the subjects must also be true. The symbols and language for approaching them in great literature are more abstracted from reality than in the study of economics, but nonetheless they are true. If it were otherwise, they would not resonate with readers.
The argument, as I understand, is that the value of literature will trend to zero because machines will make more, better stories than humans. But I think they will only make better stories for robots. Imagine I said that because I am the superior intelligence, I can write/tell a better story for mice than Sir William Squeakespeare, the preeminent mouse storyteller. How could I tell a story for a mouse when I have never been a mouse?
There's a false analogy in your argument about chess, i.e. it doesn't exactly track with the question which was why write about ~econ? The reality feedback happens in the real world, and then is studied and written about by economists. Anything true, is only so because it is cogent with reality. Its usefulness is only derived by how true it is in a subjective manner.
Similarly, in fiction, the unreality of the subjects must also be true. The symbols and language for approaching them in great literature are more abstracted from reality than in the study of economics, but nonetheless they are true. If it were otherwise, they would not resonate with readers.
The argument, as I understand, is that the value of literature will trend to zero because machines will make more, better stories than humans. But I think they will only make better stories for robots. Imagine I said that because I am the superior intelligence, I can write/tell a better story for mice than Sir William Squeakespeare, the preeminent mouse storyteller. How could I tell a story for a mouse when I have never been a mouse?