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Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

Just found out that George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, written around 1948, describes a "versificator" that composes the words for songs "entirely by mechanicsl means" simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/n...

simonwillison.netA quote from Nineteen Eighty-FourThere was a whole chain of separate departments dealing with proletarian literature, music, drama, and entertainment generally. Here were produced rubbishy newspapers containing almost nothing except ...
Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

George Orwell: In my book I invented the Versificator as a cautionary tale Gen AI company: At long last, we have created the Versificator from classic sci-fi novel Nineteen Eighty-Four! Hat tip: twitter.com/AlexBlechman...

x.comAlex Blechman on X: "Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus" / XSci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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tom larkworthy
@larkworthy.bsky.social

My faith in humanity rose after we hyped it for about 1 month and then collectively realised it was low effort and not worth attention and ultimately cringe. Good work humans for recognising bots can't do great art.

r-buller.bsky.social
@r-buller.bsky.social

Delighted to find Alex Blechman on Bluesky:

Alex Blechman@alexblechman.bsky.social

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus