Goncourt-winning author: I used a dialogue with artificial intelligence This year's Goncourt prize winner, who prides himself on being traditional and doesn't even own a mobile phone, admitted that he included his research conversations with artificial intelligence in his book. Before accepting the award, Philip Zende defended his use of artificial intelligence: is the director of the film hiding that he used special effects? Very soon we will no longer be able to claim that a text is 100% written by humans. It's entirely possible to imagine a novel where a chapter is written specifically with artificial intelligence.