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I am pretty sure that fiction writers are going to have a blast one day (or already are having) sampling material from chat bots. I can't find a reference on-l

I am pretty sure that fiction writers are going to have a blast one day (or already are having) sampling material from chat bots. I can't find a reference on-line, but this reminds me of my earliest exposure to an implementation of Eliza. It was written in BASIC in some 8-bit magazine back in the 80s. The article mentioned the history of chatbots and one bit was about a program named, I think, RACTOR, that was some kind of Markov chainer that was used to write fiction novels.

Entlin 16y ago
That was Racter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racter). "It" even wrote a book called "The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructed". Was a fun read at its time. (http://www.ubu.com/historical/racter/index.html http://www.ubu.com/historical/racter/index.html)
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- cubicle67 16y ago
  That's awesome. Here's an excerpt 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. here's another: I gave the man a coat. I gave the woman a brassiere. I gave myself an electric current. We all were happy and full of delight. Take the coat from the man and remove the brassiere from the woman and take the electric current from me and we will be sad and full of anguish.