* * * * * I've got to start thinking about what to write for the upcoming NaNoGenMo > AI-generated language shows more of Nakawaza's machine aesthetic. US > internet artist Darius Kozemi launched the annual NaNoGenMo contest in 2013 > – instead of writing a novel during November (NaNoWriMo) entries of 50,000 > words have to be generated by a program. "What I want to see is code that > produces alien novels that astound us with their sheer alien-ness," he has > said. "Computers writing novels for computers, in a sense." > > Past entries include The Psychotherapy of Racter or The Descent into > Madness of Dr Eliza, in which two chatbots asked each other questions. Dial > "S" for Sudoku's 50,000 words told of "Alice" solving eight Sudoku puzzles > at length plus excerpts from her dream diary. > “Artificial still life: Artist Robert Todonai programs robot to paint an original | afr.com [1]” My “novel” of 2015's NaNoGenMo (National Novel Generation Month) [2] _The Psychotherapy of Racter or The Descent into Madness of Dr Eliza_ [3] was mentioned in The Financial Review. I'm thinking only because of the name, because I certainly didn't finish it [4]. And this reminds me, I have to think up an idea for this years NaNoGenMo … [1] https://www.afr.com/technology/artificial-still-life-artist-robert- [2] https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo-2015 [3] https://github.com/spc476/NaNoGenMo-2015 [4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/12/13.1 Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .