If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?

Posted by graupel on Sunday March 08, 2015 @03:11PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

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Re:If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? by mcnamaratw on Sunday March 08, 2015 @05:42PM (#9167401)

Is there an algorithm that can (a) point to something and (b) say something about it?

(a) and (b) can be weakened as much as necessary to give an interesting answer.

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Re:If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? by sorokod on Sunday March 08, 2015 @04:10PM (#9167019)

This sentence was not written by an algorithm

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Re:If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? by pjscott on Sunday March 08, 2015 @04:59PM (#9167230)

This sentence was written by an algorithm that humans did not deliberately implement, and do not fully understand.

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Re:If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? by chronial on Sunday March 08, 2015 @05:45PM (#9167415)

skynet?

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Re:If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? by dlu on Sunday March 08, 2015 @08:10PM (#9168003)

I welcome our robot overlords*

*This message was not written or paid for by an algorithm or robot overlord

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