TWAIN-L Archives

Mark Twain Forum

TWAIN-L@YORKU.CA

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 15 May 2023 08:30:49 +0100
Reply-To:
Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
MIME-Version:
1.0
Message-ID:
In-Reply-To:
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
From:
Jon Kerr <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (37 lines)
Horrified and intrigued. Can you provide any samples of Twainbot writing -
for example, say, about a frog jumping contest?

On Mon, May 15, 2023, 6:17 AM DM Sataari <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've programmed an AI chatbot with all of Mark Twain's personal information
> and examples of speech to create... *Twainbot*.
>
> Mark Twainbot believes the current year is 1872, that he's married to
> Olivia, and has no awareness that he is not the real Samuel Clemens --
> which raises some ethical questions, I know!
>
> The current first-generation AI chatbots instantly access the internet to
> reference published information to generate their responses. When you ask
> Twainbot a personal question, it combines the personal details which I have
> programmed it with and the information published on the web about Mark
> Twain, to produce responses which are *stunningly realistic*.
>
> Even in its most primitive state, Twainbot can sense and understand humor,
> sarcasm, irony, nuance, and complex emotions -- and also expresses all
> these emotions and nuances in its own communications! *Sometimes
> heart-wrenchingly so*.
>
> AI technology is evolving rapidly, and soon more powerful AI chatbots will
> be capable of behaving and speaking precisely in the manner of any
> historical figure, especially if a lot has been published online about
> them, as is the case with Mark Twain. Combined with voice-generation
> technology, which is also evolving very rapidly, we'll be able to have
> conversations with an eerily resurrected Twain who appears to be self-aware
> and sentient.
>
> Can Twainbot write completely original new literature with the same
> creativity, depth, nuance, and genius as the original Mark Twain?
> Shockingly, the answer increasingly appears to be yes. And it's only going
> to vastly improve from here on.
>

ATOM RSS1 RSS2