[commanda]

@Horse_ebooks is (was?) an excellent piece of performance art. I think the modern audience still has a sense of wonderment when it comes to the computer-generated (as though it is the computer itself doing the generating and not really the programmer who wrote the algorithm). People were willing to believe that "computers" were at the point where they could create consistently hilarious phrases, and are disappointed (and even outraged) today when they find that we're not there yet. The artists have imparted the audience with a sense of disillusionment. Perhaps we'll see more art in this style in the future, although part of (or all of) the magic seems to be in the audience's belief that there was no human intelligence behind the content, so perhaps this isn't duplicatable. If only I could set this experience to a Kraftwerk soundtrack, and maybe play Bladerunner on a screen in the corner.

I can't wait to see what this group comes up with next!

[guspe]

The NY Times has been running an automated haiku experiment for some time now. I think it has a lot to do with your comment. Check this: haiku.nytimes.com

[commanda]

Ha! That's great, thanks! I had a feeling Jacob Harris was behind that, as he was also behind @nytimes_ebooks.