{"product_id":"story-machines-how-computers-have-become-creative-writers-9780367751975","title":"Story Machines How Computers Have Become Creative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating book explores machines as authors of fiction, past, present, and future. For centuries, writers have dreamed of mechanical storytellers. We can now build these devices. What will be the impact on society of AI programs that generate original stories to entertain and persuade? What can we learn about human creativity from probing how they work?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStory Machines\u003c\/i\u003e, two pioneers of creative artificial intelligence explore the design and impact of AI story generators. The book covers three themes: \u003ci\u003elanguage generators\u003c\/i\u003e that compose coherent text, \u003ci\u003estoryworlds\u003c\/i\u003e with believable characters, and \u003ci\u003eAI models\u003c\/i\u003e of human storytellers. Providing examples of story machines through the ages, it covers the history, recent developments, and future implications of automated story generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone with an interest in story writing will gain a new perspective on what it means to be a creative writer, what parts of creativity can be mechanized, and what\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterful and highly accessible overview of exciting developments in computer-generated literature by two experts in the field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur I. Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Story Machines is a lot of fun to read. It’s a fascinating cultural and technological history of the centuries-long attempt to automate creative writing. It is also an exploration of what makes writing good: interesting characters; intriguing relationships; surprising events and plots; and aesthetically pleasing prose. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eStory Machines\u003c\/i\u003e is about human creativity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Sawyer, author of \u003ci\u003eExplaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Software that writes stories? A fascinating insight into how computers are learning to replicate the power of human imagination. Sharples and Pérez y Pérez are experts in the field of computational creativity. Their insights into language, story structure and the replication of human creativity map a journey in which computers could create future stories that change behaviours and beliefs. The ethics of how these are enabled, engaged and deployed will be a debated for years to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVikki Kirby, Chief Storyteller, Vibrato Consulting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Montfort, author\/programmer of \u003ci\u003eGolem\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterful and highly accessible overview of exciting developments in computer-generated literature by two experts in the field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur I. Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Story Machines is a lot of fun to read. It’s a fascinating cultural and technological history of the centuries-long attempt to automate creative writing. It is also an exploration of what makes writing good: interesting characters; intriguing relationships; surprising events and plots; and aesthetically pleasing prose. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eStory Machines\u003c\/i\u003e is about human creativity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Sawyer, author of \u003ci\u003eExplaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Software that writes stories? A fascinating insight into how computers are learning to replicate the power of human imagination. Sharples and Pérez y Pérez are experts in the field of computational creativity. Their insights into language, story structure and the replication of human creativity map a journey in which computers could create future stories that change behaviours and beliefs. The ethics of how these are enabled, engaged and deployed will be a debated for years to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVikki Kirby, Chief Storyteller, Vibrato Consulting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Montfort, author\/programmer of \u003ci\u003eGolem\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most valuable features of the book is its rich presentation of examples. Readers come away having read nearly 100 instances of mechanically and computationally generated stories, which provide a clear sense of the variety of approaches and the kind of story they produce. Readers are even invited at several moments to experiment with these methods themselves. The authors also integrate computer-generated prose into the book’s text, which serves as a frequent reminder that the act of reading may shift and transform as automation and authorship converge in different ways.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephanie Dick\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScience\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you’re a writer, should the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence worry you? Or is AI more likely to actually enhance your writing? This fascinating book charts the recent history of AI-driven ‘story machines’, probing their strengths and weaknesses, and what they can tell us about the creative writing process.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Freedman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTeach Secondary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface, Chapter 1. Can a computer write a story?, Chapter 2. Human story machines, Chapter 3. Artificial versifying, Chapter 4. Automatic novel writers, Chapter 5. The shape of a story, Chapter 6. The program that swallowed the internet, Chapter 7. Storyworlds, Chapter 8. Being creative, Chapter 9. Modelling the mind of a writer, Chapter 10. Build your own story generator, Chapter 11. 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