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I am pretty sure that fiction writers are going to have a blast one day (or already are having) sampling material from chat bots.

I can't find a reference on-line, but this reminds me of my earliest exposure to an implementation of Eliza. It was written in BASIC in some 8-bit magazine back in the 80s. The article mentioned the history of chatbots and one bit was about a program named, I think, RACTOR, that was some kind of Markov chainer that was used to write fiction novels.



That was Racter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racter).

"It" even wrote a book called "The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructed". Was a fun read at its time. (http://www.ubu.com/historical/racter/index.html)


That's awesome. Here's an excerpt

More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity.

I need it more than I need lamb or pork or lettuce or cucumber.

I need it for my dreams.

here's another:

I gave the man a coat. I gave the woman a brassiere.

I gave myself an electric current. We all were

happy and full of delight. Take the coat from the

man and remove the brassiere from the woman and take

the electric current from me and we will be sad

and full of anguish.




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