Comments on: Computer authors http://grandtextauto.org/2004/11/22/computer-authors/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2004/11/22/computer-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-5694 nick Tue, 23 Nov 2004 03:07:58 +0000 /?p=579#comment-5694 Pinker doesn't really strike me as an authority on the subject of computer-generated literature, but I wasn't under the impression that this article was a piece of reporting. It says "an essay" up at the top, Akst is a novelist, and it appears in the "Books" section. I'm glad he took a look at the topic and wrote something about it, even if it's not as deep a look as Selmer Bringsjord and David Ferrucci have been taking. Pinker doesn’t really strike me as an authority on the subject of computer-generated literature, but I wasn’t under the impression that this article was a piece of reporting. It says “an essay” up at the top, Akst is a novelist, and it appears in the “Books” section. I’m glad he took a look at the topic and wrote something about it, even if it’s not as deep a look as Selmer Bringsjord and David Ferrucci have been taking.

]]> By: Aaron http://grandtextauto.org/2004/11/22/computer-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-5675 Aaron Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:59:17 +0000 /?p=579#comment-5675 Shoddy reporting --- he didn't talk to any experts or practitioners in this area, only a (famous) psychologist. Shoddy reporting — he didn’t talk to any experts or practitioners in this area, only a (famous) psychologist.

]]> By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2004/11/22/computer-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-5624 nick Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:43:12 +0000 /?p=579#comment-5624 Foiled again. I've had that <i>NYT</i> article open all day, along with a <i>Grand Text Auto</i> "Create New Post" window. It's an amusing essay, and again makes me wish that the articles in <i>The New York Times</i> were placed on the Web (not behind a registration wall) and left accessible for readers. Foiled again. I’ve had that NYT article open all day, along with a Grand Text Auto “Create New Post” window.

It’s an amusing essay, and again makes me wish that the articles in The New York Times were placed on the Web (not behind a registration wall) and left accessible for readers.

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