"Computers as Authors? Literary Luddites Unite!" in the NY Times (may require free registration). Here's a taste:
"Dave Striver loved the university - its ivy-covered clocktowers, its ancient and sturdy brick, and its sun-splashed verdant greens and eager youth. The university, contrary to popular opinion, is far from free of the stark unforgiving trials of the business world: academia has its own tests, and some are as merciless as any in the marketplace. A prime example is the dissertation defense: to earn the Ph.D., to become a doctor, one must pass an oral examination on one's dissertation. This was a test Professor Edward Hart enjoyed giving."
That pregnant opening paragraph was written by a computer program known as Brutus.1 that was developed by Selmer Bringsjord, a computer scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and David A. Ferrucci, a researcher at I.B.M.
good article.
i think people do not realize how computers are taking over. we still think of ourselves as superior, ireplacable beings but computers can/are taking away alot of our jobs. computers do not have the limitations that we as humans have and also humans want paychecks so it maybe more economical to have a computer work in place of say 5 employees.
i can see people saying that they wouldnt want to read a novel "written"/generated by a computer but if no one told you so...would you be able to tell the difference?
Posted by: Zeshan at November 29, 2004 06:29 PM