TED Talks
Oscar Schwartz: Can A Computer Write Poetry?
TV-PG
2016 • E12 Jan 20, 2016 15mIf 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.
