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by gmuslera 837 days ago
Computers can write random text, and that is not considered literature (unless we are in the infinite monkey problem). To be called literature, it must “run”, in the same way as code, but in our brains. It must rhyme if is poetry, must be accepted by an editor, must be liked by its readers, be coherent and so on.

Anyone can write anything, but to be called a program or a piece of literature there are some requirements to be met.