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Can a computer write a sonnet as well as Shakespeare? The best version of the algorithm fooled people nearly fifty percent of the time

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Tags: poetry, artificial intelligence, william shakespeare, sonnets, algorithms, studies, university of toronto, source.techxplore
https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-sonnet-shakespeare.html

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Can a computer write a sonnet as well as Shakespeare?

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    This isn't a bad article but the title is misleading. The algorithmic verse "fooled" people who weren't familiar with poetry and old-timey english, it didn't produce produce poetry that was as...

    This isn't a bad article but the title is misleading. The algorithmic verse "fooled" people who weren't familiar with poetry and old-timey english, it didn't produce produce poetry that was as good as Shakespeare. (or even poetry that made sense).

    Also, is there going to be a way of crossposting implemented? This could also fit into ~humanities, and it would be nice to have unified comments. Maybe an option that appears when submitting a intra-tildes link?

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