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Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

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  • Create Date：2024-02-10 05:21:52
  • Update Date：2025-09-14
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  • Author：Dennis Yi Tenen
  • ISBN：B0C97GP3Y8
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Reviews

Steve Donoghue ，

Former Microsoft wonk Dennis Yi Tenen here whips up an entry for the "Norton Shorts" series about all the things artificial intelligence likes to do in its spare time， the things it dreams about， the kinds of stuff it likes to read - all the kinds of exaggerations， wild overstatements， and low-rent science fiction that responsible tech-specialists spend lots of time correcting or tamping down。 It certainly makes for entertaining reading。 My review is here:https://openlettersreview。com/posts/l。。。 Former Microsoft wonk Dennis Yi Tenen here whips up an entry for the "Norton Shorts" series about all the things artificial intelligence likes to do in its spare time， the things it dreams about， the kinds of stuff it likes to read - all the kinds of exaggerations， wild overstatements， and low-rent science fiction that responsible tech-specialists spend lots of time correcting or tamping down。 It certainly makes for entertaining reading。 My review is here:https://openlettersreview。com/posts/l。。。 。。。more

Mo Holub ，

Yi Tenen offers a thorough and thoughtful analysis of the near-entire history of human inclination towards automation: we have always， for various reasons， sought out ways to automate labor， and the conversation around automating intellectual labor did not start just because ChatGPT can now generate your entire English essay "from scratch。" The connections made between literary movements and the industrialization of literature--in the form of templates， universal outlines， skeleton forms， etc。-- Yi Tenen offers a thorough and thoughtful analysis of the near-entire history of human inclination towards automation: we have always， for various reasons， sought out ways to automate labor， and the conversation around automating intellectual labor did not start just because ChatGPT can now generate your entire English essay "from scratch。" The connections made between literary movements and the industrialization of literature--in the form of templates， universal outlines， skeleton forms， etc。--is an especially interesting point to add to the discussion of art and writing created by AI tools vs by human labor。 The growth of automation into what we see as the creative and academic spheres is inevitable， and the challenge will be adapting how we measure success and learning in this new world， and how we regulate the use of these evolving tools。 Yi Tenen follows with the equally interesting comparison of factory-made products to AI-generated literature， and how the movement from hand-crafted to machine-crafted also served to make products more universally accessible， if not as unique and meaningful （meaning， as discussed， is not something a computer can really grasp）。 Just like story templates made writing things like screenplays more formulaic and easier to teach， automation in writing like spell check and sentence completion has made a standard of writing more accessible across the board。 While I'm sure a certain amount of the machine-language-specifics still went over my head， Yi Tenen's perspective is a fresh and more positive take on the coming AI revolution， and his cast of smart-furniture and their programmers is an entertaining history lesson。 The future of automation belongs to more than just the tech bros and Silicon Valley: we are all， collectively and collaboratively and universally， building the path forward。 。。。more

John Michael Stroh ，

I definitely learned something new from this book。

Robin Perkins ，

I received this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway。I struggled through this book。 I did read the whole thing but I don’t think I understood very much of it。 I believe that this book is more fit for an academic audience than a general one。