icm class 9 strings and text. text in the arts “cut right through the pages of any book or...
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Text in the Arts
“Cut right through the pages of any book or newsprint… lengthwise for example, and shuffle the columns of text. Put them together at hazard and read the newly constructed message.”
Eliza
• 1966 Joseph Weizenbaum invents Eliza - 1st chatbot- Used very simple scripts for compelling interaction
• Included in EMACS
Racter 1983 A hot and torrid bloom
Which fans wise flames And begs to be redeemed by forces black and strong Will now oppose my naked will And force me into regions of despair
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
• Don Waber’s “Strings”• Brian Kim Stefans’ “Dreamlife of letters”