  Generative AI has the potential to create a new form of interactive media:
AI-bridged creative language arts (CLA), which bridge the author and audience
by personalizing the author's vision to the audience's context and taste at
scale. However, it is unclear what the authors' values and attitudes would be
regarding AI-bridged CLA. To identify these values and attitudes, we conducted
an interview study with 18 authors across eight genres (e.g., poetry, comics)
by presenting speculative but realistic AI-bridged CLA scenarios. We identified
three benefits derived from the dynamics between author, artifact, and
audience: those that 1) authors get from the process, 2) audiences get from the
artifact, and 3) authors get from the audience. We found how AI-bridged CLA
would either promote or reduce these benefits, along with authors' concerns. We
hope our investigation hints at how AI can provide intriguing experiences to
CLA audiences while promoting authors' values.
