Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Cite as/ Atıf: Kızıldağ, H. (2023). Yapay zekâ bir masal yaratıcısı/anlatıcısı olabilir mi?: Chatgpt masalları . Turkish Studies - Language, 18(3), 1759-1775. https://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.71763 Received/Geliş: 15 August/Ağustos 2023 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 25 September/Eylül 2023 © Yazar(lar)/Author(s) | CC BY- NC 4.0 Published/Yayın: 30 September/Eylül 2023 Yapay Zekâ Bir Masal Yaratıcısı/Anlatıcısı Olabilir Mi?: Chatgpt Masalları Can Artificial Intelligence Become a Fairy Tale Creator/Narrator? Chatgpt Tales Hasan Kızıldağ * Abstract: Today, almost every day we hear about artificial intelligence applications being used in a new field or achieving a new success. Artificial intelligence, which is said to be a much more effective and indispensable element in the future of humanity, meets ordinary users in many areas even today. Traces of artificial intelligence can be seen in social media, banking applications, search engines, call centers and even in the creation of works of art. Fairy tales are one of the literary genres that have come to the fore with artificial intelligence. Fairy tales, among the narrative-based genres of folk literature, are essential elements of cultural transmission and education of new generations. Tale-telling lives within the framework of a tradition in Turkish culture. In each of the tales compiled from among the people, a specific skeletal structure, stereotypes, and formulas make the narrative enjoyable, with some recurring motifs, messages, and cultural codes. A fairy tale is not a singular narrative learned in tradition. The role of the report in creating a fairy tale is as significant as the role of the narrator. For this reason, every fairy tale carries traces of the narrator and tradition. This study discusses seven of the seventy of fairy tales dictated to the artificial intelligence engine ChatGPT by the article’s author. Within the scope of the study, the “Turkish fairy tales” written by the artificial intelligence natural language processing software ChatGPT were compared with traditional Turkish fairy tales in terms of structure, motif, and formal context, and it was discussed whether artificial intelligence could be a fairy tale creator/narrator. Structured Abstract: This study discusses seven of the seventy of fairy tales dictated to the artificial intelligence engine ChatGPT by the article’s author. Within the scope of the study, the “Turkish fairy tales” written by the artificial intelligence natural language processing software ChatGPT were compared with traditional Turkish fairy tales in terms of structure, motif, and formal context, and it was discussed whether artificial intelligence could be a fairy tale creator/narrator. In this study, the ChatGPT software, previously known to produce different literary genres, was given commands to write “Turkish fairy tales”. Seven of the seventy of examples produced were selected, “fairy tales created by artificial intelligence” were sampled, and the similarities and differences between these fairy tales with traditional Turkish fairy tales were discussed. As a result, it is examined whether artificial intelligence can produce fairy tales and whether the products made can be evaluated within the definition of “fairy tale.” First, a fairy tale example written by ChatGPT will be discussed. The other fairy tales will be given in the appendices section to maintain the volume and flow of the study. Since all of the tales produced by ChatGPT follow almost the same pattern, a detailed * Arş. Gör. Dr., Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Res. Asst. PhD, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Depertment of Turkish Language and Literature 0000-0001-7266-6678 kizildaghasan@yandex.com