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 [log in to unmask] > On May 15, 2023, at 1:47 AM, Ladd, Barbara <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > ________________________________ > 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. >>> >>