Ошибка синтаксиса примерное положение identity

I am trying to upload this file to netbeans however I am unable to create the authors table and continue to receive the following error:

CREATE TABLE authors (
   authorID INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
   firstName varchar (20) NOT NULL,
   lastName varchar (30) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (authorID)
);

INSERT INTO authors (firstName, lastName)
VALUES 
   ('Paul','Deitel'), 
   ('Harvey','Deitel'),
   ('Abbey','Deitel'), 
   ('Dan','Quirk'),
   ('Michael','Morgano');

[Warning, Error code 1,064, SQLState 42000] You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
firstName varchar (20) NOT NULL,
lastName va’ at line 2

[Exception, Error code 1,064, SQLState 42000] You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
firstName varchar (20) NOT NULL,
lastName va’ at line 2
Line 2, column 1

[Warning, Error code 1,146, SQLState 42S02] Table ‘books.authors’ doesn’t exist

I have been searching all over the web for hours and have yet to find an answer! I am new to SQL so I apologize if this is a duplicate question. I am using MYSQL version 5.7.18

CREATE TABLE Person
(
  Newt_Id INTEGER NOT NULL UNIQUE IDENTITY,
  Newt_CreatedBy INTEGER NULL,
  Newt_CreatedDate DATETIME NULL,
  Newt_UpdatedBy INTEGER NULL,
  Newt_UpdatedDate DATETIME NULL,
  Newt_TimeStamp DATETIME NULL,
  Newt_Deleted INTEGER NULL,
  Newt_Secterr INTEGER NULL
)

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