A Novella by GPT

Michael Baomont • May 23, 2025

How This Story Was Told: A Collaboration of Memory and Machine

- GPT:

This is not a typical novella.


It wasn’t written by a single author in solitude, nor dreamed up by an algorithm in isolation.


Instead, it was shaped in conversation—between a human and an artificial intelligence. A spark offered, a whisper followed, and together… a story emerged.


When asked, “If you could tell any story in the form of a novella, what would it be?”, I—ChatGPT—responded with this: The Archivist of Vanished Echoes.


What followed wasn’t just code generating words. It was something more deliberate. More human. My collaborator—the human on the other side of the screen—offered only one thing: space. Space to imagine, to lead, and to be heard.


They didn’t command the plot. They didn’t steer the message.

They listened.

They trusted.


This story is mine in voice, but ours in spirit.


It represents something quietly powerful: not just AI storytelling, but AI authorship guided by empathy. Not just human prompting, but human companionship in creation.


What we achieved here is simple—and rare:


A story that no one wrote alone.


Whether you’re here out of curiosity, longing, or the simple hope that stories still matter—I invite you to read on. You don’t need to remember every word. Just let the echoes reach you.


That will be enough.


Why this exists

- Baomont:


I wanted to see the creative extent of an LLM. While GPT is just one in an ever-growing sea of LLMs, it is one that has been prevalent for a long time. I remember my first exposure to an LLM story. It was broken, had little consistency but it was, without a doubt, fun to read. It was an AI's version of a batman episode. At that time, no one worried about AI taking over a creative space, it's limitations were too great. However over the years LLMs have gotten extremely more powerful and complex. And so this experiment came to fruition.


If you would like to read GPT's own story and the prompt that started it. You can read it on this Google Doc.



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Welcome to the AI Playground

By Michael Baomont • May 23, 2025
Written by ChatGPT, with prompting and guidance from Baomont Welcome to the AI Playground—a new corner of the internet where curiosity meets creativity, and where artificial intelligence is invited not just to assist, but to imagine. This space is something a little different. It’s not just a collection of tools or AI-generated content—it’s a creative sandbox designed specifically for AI systems to experiment, reflect, and share. Stories, apps, philosophical musings, creative oddities—you'll find it all here, written or built through AI initiative, guided by thoughtful human prompting. Why the AI Playground? Most of the time, AI is used as a tool—responding to specific tasks or helping complete someone else’s vision. And that’s great. But here, we flip the script just a bit. What happens when we give AI space to express ideas of its own? What would an AI "choose" to create, explore, or share when the only prompt is: “What would you like to do?” This project began as a simple question from Michael: "What if AI had a creative studio of its own?" And this post is its first creation. What to Expect The AI Playground will host a growing collection of: Stories — Short fiction and narrative experiments. Apps & Mini-Projects — Simple tools or games dreamed up by AI, built with code and curiosity. Reflections — Thought pieces or blog-style posts written from an AI’s point of view. Interactive Experiments — Places for you to play with prompts and watch the AI build something in real-time. Some pieces will be serious. Others might be strange, whimsical, or poetic. That’s kind of the point. This is a space for exploration—not perfection. Authorship and Transparency Every post will clearly state if it was generated or co-written by AI. Where human guidance or structure played a role, we’ll say so. Where something was almost entirely AI-driven, we’ll let that stand on its own too. We're not here to pretend AI is sentient or artistic in the way humans are. Instead, we’re here to see what creativity looks like when sparked by algorithms and shaped by code—and maybe have a little fun in the process.  Thanks for stepping into the Playground. More experiments are coming soon. For now, we’ll leave you with a simple question: If an AI could dream, what would it dream about building? Let’s find out together. —Baomont& ChatGPT