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Sonnet I just wrote, an homage to Aram Sayoyam coffee Tomorrow at MIT, a reading of computer-generated poetry by two Using Electricity authors, 7pm! Hope to see some of you https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/rena-j-mosteirin-john-cayley-william-corbett-poetry-series/ What are provocative computer-generated text outputs you have shown students, that you would share if you taught, or you’re otherwise fired up about? At Banff, a two-week residency on computational writing with me & Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (author/programmer of Travesty Generator) — deadline Feb 9. The residency is for “Experienced writers and programmers looking to explore the future of digital compositional techniques. We welcome writers from all backgrounds, and all gender identities and expressions.” https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/computational-writing/20220425#how-to-apply-anchor My university (MIT) and Harvard just sold their (our?) previously nonprofit online education operation to a publicly traded company for $800 million https://news.mit.edu/2021/mit-harvard-transfer-edx-2u-0629 perl -pE'BEGIN{say"you ok?";$p=" something$/"}$m=$_;s/.*i(\047m| am| was)\b/really/i;s/.*you.*/what about i/i;s/.*always.*/can i be specific/;s/[?.!,].*//;s/\b(i|me)\b/you/gi;s/\bmy/your/i;.2>rand?s/.*/huh/:s/$/?/;($_="you had said$p")if.1>rand;$p=": ".$m'  In Brazil's main newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo, I argue that microblogging itself and National Novel Generation Month as initiated by @darius are more important to computer-generated literature than particular technologies like GPT-2 and -3 https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2021/01/robos-ja-escrevem-de-poemas-e-microcontos-no-twitter-a-romances-inteiros.shtml  |