Can a computer write poetry?

Title:: Can a computer write poetry?
Speaker:: Oscar Schwartz
Description:: If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had expressed itself and been creative, or would you feel like you had fallen for a cheap trick? In this talk, writer Oscar Schwartz examines why we react so strongly to the idea of a computer writing poetry -- and how this reaction helps us understand what it means to be human.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 10:56

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