At least that's what Erika T. Carter's creator says on "her" website... In class today, we discussed Powers' Galatea 2.2 and paid a visit to Ms. Erika T. Carter, machine-poetess extraordinaire. Take a few minutes to draw up some of your "own" Erika poems and to think about how the creation of poetry generation software like Erika affects our idea of writing and of authorship. Do we own what we write? Is most writing appropriation or "plagiarism" anyway? Can a computer think the way that we do? How do these questions come up in Galatea 2.2?
Here's more information on the creation of a fake poetry anthology, Erika's newest project, and the controversy it is engendering.
If you're interested in reading/experiencing writing that playfully uses the internet, but is written by a real, live person, check out The Jew's Daughter or Eunoia, two examples.
If you're interested in poetry or experimental writing (something I'm happy to integrate into class if you'd like more), you'll find a great resource at PennSound. The site is even edited and administered by one of our very own new professors here at UC, Michael Hennessey.
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I think my own blog is written along these lines at times:
http://www.myspace.com/sylvanhiphop
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