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comment by rob05c
rob05c  ·  3530 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If An Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Know?

    What the article proves is that humans can write as badly as algorithms, not that algorithms can write as well as humans.

    Detective Spooner: Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?

    Sonny: Can you?





user-inactivated  ·  3529 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?

AARON can, but I don't think you can consistently call AARON's paintings his and not call, say, Pixar movies Renderman's.

Kafke  ·  3529 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's the difference between a human and a sufficiently sophisticated biological computer?

rob05c  ·  3529 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A spleen. And only one can pass the Voight-Kampff test. But mostly the spleen.