Demonic Fragments: Horror from the AI Mind is a novel-in-very-short-stories published in December 2022 by Juha Raipola. The entire contents of the book were generated using ChatGTP, a language model that uses machine learning to generate human-like text for various applications. In Demonic Fragments, Juha Raipola showcases the potential of AI in writing horror fiction and social satire. Rather than following a traditional narrative structure, the book is structured more like the experience of browsing the internet or through someone's files, with the story unfolding through a variety of texts and genres, including YouTube videos, branding proposals, ad scripts, guidelines, sensationalist news stories, and standalone horror stories. As the reader navigates through these diverse materials, they may begin to notice common themes and storylines emerging, creating a cohesive and engaging reading experience that blurs the lines between fiction and the real world. The book consists of over 100 very short chapters that include all kinds of weird and demonic texts such as:
- Author’s introduction (written by ChatGPT)
- A pseudo-academic prologue about the intersection of demonology and social media
- 4 very short cosmic horror stories
- Number of other (very) short horror stories
- Some ads for the existential and occult sponsors of the book
- ”Cthulhu Files”: random notes and guidelines belonging to Cthulhu’s personal, professional, and health-related collections
- Episodes of the Azathoth and Cthulhu show on YouTube (including, among other things Cthulhu’s morning routine video, and a reaction to human sacrifice)
- Number of sensationalist clickbait news stories about celebrities and their relationship to Cthulhu
