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Faculty of Science and Information Technology => Software Engineering => Topic started by: imtiaz.swe on April 20, 2017, 03:53:24 PM

Title: Oscar Schwartz: Can a computer write poetry?
Post by: imtiaz.swe on April 20, 2017, 03:53:24 PM

If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had expressed itself and been creative, or would you feel like you had fallen for a cheap trick? In this talk, writer Oscar Schwartz examines why we react so strongly to the idea of a computer writing poetry — and how this reaction helps us understand what it means to be human.

link - https://www.ted.com/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry

Title: Re: Oscar Schwartz: Can a computer write poetry?
Post by: khalid on April 20, 2017, 04:43:56 PM

I am afraid that I dont really agree with the "insights" offered here - though I do agree that the examples provioke some interesting questions.