What Chetan Bhagat has said about Artificial intelligence in creative writing
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 29, 2026
Chetan Bhagat, Indian novelist, columnist and former investment banker, author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, has been quoted on Artificial intelligence in creative writing 3 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on September 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bhagat says he has tried having AI write his books and found it terrible at fiction.
“I'll say write a Chetan Bhagat book and take it out. I won't have to do anything. But it's terrible. It sucks. At fiction especially”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:26
Bhagat notes that no AI-written book has become a bestseller and argues people want human connection in art.
“Not one book has become a bestseller written by AI”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:38
Bhagat recounts being paid to launch dozens of AI-written or even blank books at mass events.
“I launched 30 books in two hours. Nobody's there in the audience”
Tomorrow, Today: India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow Today (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:41:01
Episodes
India's Gig Economy, Education & The Future of Work | Chetan Bhagat | Tomorrow TodayTomorrow, Today · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Shekhar Natarajan and novelist Chetan Bhagat discuss India's gig economy, education, inequality, AI governance and creativity, fame, and Bhagat's life story.
Chetan Bhagat on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 3 quotes
- Fame · 2 quotes
- Economic inequality in India · 2 quotes
- Engineering education in India · 2 quotes
- Universal basic income · 1 quote
- Gig economy in India · 1 quote