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His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.

"It Was Either That Or Die," by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season.

His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.

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