Mutating Text Toward Better Nonsense - Computational Approaches to Creative Writing

Watch an 11-minute conference talk exploring the fascinating intersection of computational processes and creative nonsense generation. Delve into three innovative projects presented by AI and HCI researcher Max Kreminski at !!Con 2024. Learn about Blabrecs, a game utilizing statistical classifiers for nonsense word generation; Blabwreckage, a poetry machine that transforms texts into pronounceable nonsense poems; and Savelost, a system that compresses text into meaningful micropoems. Discover the architectural similarities between these projects and their implications for understanding the relationship between computation, creativity, and nonsense. Gain insights from Kreminski, who directs the storytelling lab at Midjourney and formerly served as an assistant professor of computer science at Santa Clara University, as they challenge conventional approaches to computational text generation by focusing on creating "good nonsense" for creative applications in storytelling and poetry-writing.