Reading Computer-Generated Texts

Natural language generation (NLG) is the process wherein computers produce output in readable human languages. Such output takes many forms, including news articles, sports reports, prose fiction, and poetry. This Element considers how NLG conforms to and confronts traditional understandings of authorship and what it means to be a reader.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Discovering Natural Language Generation; 3. The Development of Authorship; 4. Algorithmic Authorship and Agency; 5. Conclusion.

Summary

Natural language generation (NLG) is the process wherein computers produce output in readable human languages. Such output takes many forms, including news articles, sports reports, prose fiction, and poetry. This Element considers how NLG conforms to and confronts traditional understandings of authorship and what it means to be a reader.

Product details

• Authors: Leah Henrickson, Leah (University of Leeds) Henrickson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108822862
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82286-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Boo; Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Literature: history & criticism, Natural language & machine translation, Literature: history and criticism, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Natural language and machine translation