Machines writing novels?

[DrLeftover]

Machines can already drive trains, beat humans at chess and conduct countless other tasks. But what happens if technology starts getting more creative - can a machine ever win the Booker Prize for fiction?

In George Orwell's fiction, by 1984 the proles were entertained by books produced by a machine.

In real life, robots have been capable of writing a version of love letters for over 60 years.

But how far away are books written by robots?

Well they have already happened, in their hundreds of thousands.

I don't know what happened to the original link.



Here it is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9764416.stm

 

[Jazzy]

Very interesting. The love letters did give me a chuckle:





Sample love letter

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Jewel Darling, you are my covetous infatuation. My lovely infatuation. You are my precious sympathy. My precious desire impatiently adores your fancy. You are my avid fancy.



Sample love letter



Jewel moppet. You are my loving rapture. My heart breathlessly adores your desire. You are my beautiful adoration. My precious charm. My sympathy impatiently tempts your yearning.

 

[Evil Eye]

Given that computers can't do anything you didn't program them to do... I don't see these stories being very creative.

 

[Flurry]

Given that computers can't do anything you didn't program them to do... I don't see these stories being very creative.

Agreed. It takes talent and creativity to create a story.