Mr. or Mrs. Sataari,

I expect your chatbot to do a better job than the ones I tested, challenging them to write something in the style of Twain. It can be found here: https://ramblingnotesofageezer.substack.com/p/comparing-the-ai-text-generators-148

I also wrote an article entitled "A.I. Cannot Replace Human Writers" which quotes Twain here: https://ramblingnotesofageezer.substack.com/p/ai-cannot-replace-human-writers

-- B. Clay Shannon
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> On May 15, 2023, at 1:47 AM, Ladd, Barbara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Well, if a creative writing teacher assigned an undergraduate class to parody Twain, the following is what a smart 21st century undergrad might come up with. This raises questions, for me, about whether a 21st century technology can (at least at present) capture the past in anything but a 21st century way.
> 
> Barbara Ladd
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> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of DM Sataari <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2023 4:03 AM
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [External] Re: Resurrecting Twain with Artificial Intelligence
> 
> *Well, I reckon it's high time I regale you with the tale of how I came to
> pen my first published book, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras
> County." Picture this: back in them days, I found myself traipsin' through
> them good ol' mining camps of California, where the dust settled thicker
> than a politician's promises.One day, I stumbled upon a fella named Jim
> Smiley, a notorious rascal with a fondness for wagering on anything that
> wriggled or wobbled. Now, this Smiley had himself a frog, a critter he
> swore could out-jump any critter in them parts. Well, I'll be hornswoggled,
> my curiosity got the better of me, and I thought, "Samuel Clemens, you've
> struck literary gold!"So I sat myself down, put pen to paper, and spun a
> yarn so rib-tickling it could've split the seams of a strait-laced corset.
> I captured the wit and whimsy of ol' Jim Smiley, with his frog and its
> outrageous antics. Them locals took to it like a cat to cream, and afore I
> knew it, my tale had scurried its way into the hands of a publisher, bless
> their discerning souls.And that, my dear compatriot, is how this scribbler
> got his start—right there amidst the untamed charm of Calaveras County. And
> let me tell ya, since that celebrated leaping frog hopped its way into the
> annals of literary history, this ol' world ain't been the same. It's been
> blessed with a touch of Mark Twain's mischief and mirth, an elixir to cure
> the most solemn of dispositions.*
> 
>> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 3:37 AM Jon Kerr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>