In this talk (software as creative partner, European Lisp Symposium 2014), rpg mentions the DoD's interest. I enjoyed the talk: http://medias.ircam.fr/x03b42f

In this talk (software as creative partner, European Lisp Symposium 2014), rpg mentions the DoD's interest. I enjoyed the talk: http://medias.ircam.fr/x03b42f http://medias.ircam.fr/x03b42f I'll spoil it: the DoD wants natural language generation that would influence people on social media, like Twitter. Say the DoD doesn't want resistance fighters (like you) to meet somewhere. They'll generate a barrage of tweets about how that's a bad idea. Those tweets don't influence you directly, but they influence people you follow on twitter, who do influence you (because by nature of twitter you follow those who influence you). You don't meet, because your friends--who have your best interests at heart (because their your friends)--told you not to. When this works as intended, the DoD is able to influence people without being easily traced. It's a little horrifying, which makes it fascinating. One more comment about the talk: rpg shows his humor, strong opinions, and software wisdom in this talk. Again, I recommend it.