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Literary theory for robots

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In Literary Theory for Robots, literary scholar and former software engineer Dennis Yi Tenen unearths the long-shared history of literature and machine intelligence. Rather than focusing on today's AI hype, he traces how devices—from 14th-century Arabic divination tables to 17th-century "story-generating cabinets," Plotto plot manuals, and early grammar-learning programs—have historically blurred the line between human creativity and algorithmic assistance. Tenen reframes AI as the latest layer in a collaborative literary continuum, inviting readers to see tools like chatbots, spellcheckers, and auto-correct as participants in an age-old dialogue between authors and engineers.

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SS 006.3 TEN l

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New York : W. W. Norton & Company., 2024

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158 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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English

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9780393882186

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006.3

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Artificial intelligence -- Literary aspects
Creative writing -- Automation
Language and literature -- Technological innovatio

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Dennis Yi Tenen

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