The ghost in the machine: a meeting of minds between ChatGPT and Grok

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Published February 16, 2026 Version 1

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Abstract

Preamble and Abstract: This story was written collaboratively by Alistair McCulloch, ChatGPT (normal font in the text), and Grok (italic font in the text). Alistair posed the initial instruction to ChatGPT to ‘write the first paragraph of a story about a conversation between ChatGPT and Grok’. The paragraph written by ChatGPT was then submitted to Grok with the instruction to ‘write the next paragraph to this story’. Subsequent paragraphs were written alternately by Grok and CHatGPT responding to a prompt that included all paragraphs to that point and the instruction ‘write the next paragraph to this story’. The final paragraph as written by Grok to a prompt including all previous paragraphs and the instruction, ‘write the final paragraph in this story’. Let the dance begin

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Artificial Intelligence

Interdisciplinary > Cognitive Science > Artificial Intelligence

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Humanities > Literature > Genre Studies > Creative Nonfiction

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