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- From: kasprj@nuge105.its.rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak)
- Subject: Re: Computer writes a book?
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:20:51 GMT
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- In article <1k56lgINNc5q@shelley.u.washington.edu>, twain@milton.u.washington.edu (Barbara Hlavin) writes:
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- |> What I want to know is, why does anyone *want* a computer to write a book?
-
- I think you've missed my point here. As I mentioned in a line of my post
- which you deleted, Prof. Bringsjord is primarily concerned with the problems
- in philosophy and computing which one faces when trying to get a computer to
- write a book. Questions like:
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- - What sort of data base does one need to work from to write a story?
- - What is the difference between a story and a narration?
- - Is it possible for a computer to use the subtleties of metaphor and
- imagery inherent in language?
- - How does the "programming" of an author, whether human or computer,
- affect what the author writes?
-
- This is just the beginning. I am not involved in Prof. Bringsjord's work;
- I only learned about it through a talk he gave to the local chapter of the
- ACM. Perhaps I should tell him that the good folks on Usenet have taken an
- interest in his work, and let him speak for himself.
-
- |> Professor Bringsjord should be working on a project aimed at getting
- |> a warm-blooded human being to produce meaningful stories.
-
- He is. He's written a novel titled _Soft Wars_, and is currently trying to
- get working on a second novel.
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