When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Storyteller: Creativity, Imagination and Storytelling

On October 28, 2026, within the framework of SDG 4 «Quality Education», lecturers of the Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature – A.B. Temirbolat, Higher Doctorate of Philological Sciences, Full Professor and G.R. Dautova, PhD, Associate Professor conducted an interactive workshop entitled “When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Storyteller: Creativity, Imagination and Storytelling” for second-year master's students enrolled in the educational programme 7M01701 – Kazakh Language and Literature.

The event became a creative laboratory bringing together the possibilities of modern technology, literary imagination and the art of storytelling.

The central activity of the workshop was an unusual “wheel of fortune”. Taking turns, the master's students spun the wheel and received creative tasks designed with the assistance of AI-6. Each task served as a starting point for creating an original story, challenging participants to demonstrate imagination, originality and the ability to engage an audience.

But the most unexpected moment came at the end! This time, the creative challenge was given to artificial intelligence itself, which also had to take on the role of a storyteller.

The participants listened to and discussed stories created by lecturers, master's students and artificial intelligence. Comparing their plots, artistic expression, emotional impact and originality, they explored the central question of the workshop: Who tells stories better – humans or artificial intelligence?

The workshop demonstrated that AI can become an engaging tool for developing creativity, generating ideas and introducing new forms of educational interaction. Nevertheless, it is human experience, imagination, emotions and individual perceptions of the world that give stories their unique depth and character.

Technology opens up new possibilities, but the art of storytelling still begins with the human being!