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The advancement of Artificial Intelligence is changing the global landscape, including in the area of literature.

Chief Executive Officer of One Caribbean Media Dawn Thomas signals some of the positives this advancement can bring.

However, she outlines the importance of maintaining authenticity where literature is concerned.

Alicia Boucher has the details.
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00:00one caribbean media has been sponsoring the bogus lit fest for 15 years and has underscored what it
00:06refers to as an unwavering commitment to continue supporting culture the arts and media speaking at
00:13the 2025 bogus lit fest prize giving ceremony ocm ceo dawn thomas said the literary landscape
00:20is changing through artificial intelligence according to thomas ai has expanded the realm
00:26of possibilities including in crafting narratives research translation etc in an era she called
00:33exciting helping voices that might have previously been marginalized to find the audience however
00:41as we embrace these technological advances it is crucial that we remain mindful of the importance
00:49of authenticity human creativity and cultural integrity ai should serve us as an aid not a
00:57replacement for the unique voices that define our caribbean identity our stories are rooted in lived
01:06experiences cultural nuances and emotional truths that no machine can replicate thomas said the heart
01:14and soul of literature and storytelling must not be compromised because our stories have the power to
01:22inspire change to foster empathy and to elevate our culture globally so let us continue to support our
01:31writers in sharing these narratives far and wide the winner of the poetry category was anthony vani
01:39capilde with her book polka dot wounds the fiction category was won by miriam j a chancy with her novel village weavers
01:47and the non-fiction category was copped by dion brand with salvage readings from the wreck the award was
01:54collected by the author's sister marcia romaine the winners received a three thousand u.s dollar cash prize
02:00walking away as the overall winner of the ten thousand u.s dollar ocm cash prize was miriam j a chancy
02:08she said it is now 200 years since haiti was forced to pay indemnity to the french government
02:13for the haitian revolution causing their economy to fall to ruins and spawning a humanitarian crisis
02:20chancy stated that without market women which village weavers is in part inspired by
02:26haiti would fall deeper into despair her grandparents migrated from haiti and then as the haiti that
02:33they knew in the 40s devolved with the devalued dictatorship haiti began to be forgotten by so
02:39many people and yet that generation even as they were forced to flee haiti remembered it the henry swansey
02:47award for distinguished service to caribbean letters went to the journal of west indian literature
02:53meanwhile festival director of the bogus lit fest nicholas lachlan says the aim is to continue to make a
02:59space for everyone including writers and readers the continued vitality of caribbean literature depends
03:06on nurturing the youngest writers and readers as we do through our programs for children and youth
03:12we look forward to launching an augmented children's bogus lit fest later this year
03:17including the return of our highly popular storytelling caravan traversing the length and breadth of trinidad and
03:23and tobago alicia boucher tv6 news
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