வாய்மொழி மரபிலிருந்து நெறிமுறைக்கு: செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு வழியிலான தமிழ் நாட்டார் கதைகளின் உருமாற்றம்: From Oral Tradition to Algorithm: The AI-Driven Transformation of Tamil Folklore

பேராசிரியர் தி. உமா தேவி

doi:10.63300/tm0201.01.24

Authors

Prof. D. Uma Devi Professor of Tamil, Department of Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110007 Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63300/tm0201.01.24

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Folklore, Fakelore, Algorithmic Creativity, Hybrid Folklore, Cultural Memory

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is rapidly enhancing its capacity to generate narratives that closely resemble traditional folklore. However, unlike human societies, artificial intelligence possesses no direct lived experience, cultural memory, or ritual participation. Instead, it analyzes structural patterns within massive textual datasets and recombines them into new narrative forms through computational algorithms. This paper analyzes how AI constructs folklore-like structures by borrowing structural elements from traditional folklore and embedding contemporary technological and social themes.

Through a sample AI-generated narrative and its critical textual analysis, this study comprehensively examines digital folklore, hybrid folklore, and the emerging threat of "fakelore" in an era of algorithmic creativity. This paper argues that AI folklore represents a form of "experience-less creativity," wherein cultural forms are simulated through computational modeling rather than being inherited across generations through collective memory or oral tradition.

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Author Biography

Prof. D. Uma Devi, Professor of Tamil, Department of Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110007

பேராசிரியர் தி. உமா தேவி, தமிழ்ப் பேராசிரியர், இந்திய மொழிகள் மற்றும் இலக்கிய ஆய்வுகள் துறை, தில்லிப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், புது தில்லி-110007

Prof. D. Uma Devi, Professor of Tamil, Department of Indian Languages & Literary Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110007

Email: umadchitra@gmail.com, ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7422-2843

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