Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023
Book launch of book co-edited by Professor Nick Montfort, MIT and CDN, UiB.
Main content
Join us in discussing about and reading from the anthology, edited by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort, published by the MIT Press and Counterpath. Joining us is Nick Montfort, Professor at MIT and Professor II with CDN, and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, as well as the UiB contributors.
The book launch will take place in the CDN Glass House atrium. It will be streamed live on our Youtube channel.
About the book
This anthology spans seven decades of computer-generated text, beginning before the term “artificial intelligence” was even coined. While not restricted to poetry, fiction, and other creative projects, it reveals the rich work that has been done by artists, poets, and other sorts of writers who have taken computing and code into their own hands.
The anthology includes examples of powerful and principled rhetorical generation along with story generation systems based on cognitive research. There are examples of “real news” generation that has already been informing us — along with hoaxes and humor.
