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Google's AI Is Devouring Romance Novels (cbsnews.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Google engineers have been feeding text from steamy romance novels to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine in order to give Google's technology -- like its mobile app -- the ability to produce more human, conversational text, BuzzFeed News reports. The company's researchers been able to get the AI to write out full sentences that would resemble those in the typical romance novel. Why do these particular books make such good language teachers? Romance novels follow a very predictable narrative blueprint -- the names may change from book to book, but the essential story formula is familiar. The idea is that Google's AI can easily cull through this material to find patterns within the sentences to get a broader comprehension of language as a whole.The AI has been fed with more than 2,500 novels.

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  1. I hope they include the works of Bloodninja! by laejoh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do hope they include the works of Bloodninja!

  2. Imagine the LOLs.... by avandesande · · Score: 4, Funny

    Merge this data with Microsoft's nazi-bot!

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    love is just extroverted narcissism
    1. Re:Imagine the LOLs.... by will_die · · Score: 4, Funny

      If stuck having to do a conversation between the two I think I would take the nazi teenage girl.
      However the fan fiction that would come from a combination would be interesting.

  3. Re:Simple question by just_another_sean · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guarantee that the first time my phone hits on me I will be affected.

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    Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional by CowboyNeal
  4. Rough and Ready by ilsaloving · · Score: 2

    Oh please please have it read Rough and Ready by Sandra Hill.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. OK Google... by tverbeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    "OK, Google, how do I get to the airport from here?"

    "Throw yourself shamelessly onto Maple Drive. Proceed down in your loins to Lake Avenue, and turn hard on Washington. When you get to glistening I-69, take it take it all the way to my exit tunnel, where you should cum breathlessly to a quivering finish."

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    http://alternatives.rzero.com/
  6. Re:Correction by fustakrakich · · Score: 2

    It's like trying to teach a toddler to create electrical circuits - they might even work, but the toddler won't understand what he/she's actually doing.

    It's like teaching a person how to drive. Sure, they can operate the vehicle, but they're not mechanics or engineers that understand the principles of internal combustion engines and mass and momentum. All they have to know is to not bump into anything.

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  7. Re:A chatbot for writing bodice-rippers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Error 404: As the pirate unsheathed his sword a shiver ran through my bosom. And her underpants anticipated the plunder to begin. But the file you seek cannot be found.

  8. Re:Simple question by zlives · · Score: 2

    i assumed google's goal would be to "enhance" the user experience going forward with their search and other products... i mean you could actually read a book and NOT interact with your self driving car in a meaningful way ;)

  9. Future conversation by dskoll · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q: Where's the nearest pizza takeout?

    A: The nearest Pizza takeout is Luigi's on Fourth, about seven minutes from your current location. Luigi is a troubled but sensual and sensitive Italian from Florence; he fled Florence after the scheming and devious but beautiful and seductive Sophia ripped his heart apart. Luigi has dark, soulful eyes, beautiful, muscular arms, and a penchant for making his pizza shirtless, all the better to show off his powerful abs and muscular chest, further accentuated by the tight jeans that will make you weak in the knees and flush with embarrassment and arousal. As you stammer your order to Luigi, he will gaze deep into your eyes and strip you bare, ravishing you metaphorically as you fish in your Louis Vuitton purse for your VISA, barely keeping your balance on your Jimmy Choo shoes.

  10. Now we know by meglon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...the missing component on WHY Skynet concluded humans needed to be eradicated.

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    Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's
  11. Re:Simple question by Moridineas · · Score: 2

    dinosaur porn (banned on Amazon!)

    What about the Hugo-nominated Space Raptor Butt Invasion?

    https://www.amazon.com/Space-R...

    Or This American Butt Hosted By Ira Ass (apparently Ira is a stegosaurus)

    https://www.amazon.com/This-Am...

    They seemed to have slipped past the censors. Maybe it's just cis-heteronormative dinosaur porn that's been banned?