{"id":2299,"date":"2019-05-01T17:27:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2019-07-15T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T13:22:30","slug":"algocurios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/","title":{"rendered":"algocurios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_muir\">Matt Muir<\/a> compiles a weekly newsletter of articles and links from across the internet (you really should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperica.com\/en\/blogger\/matt-muir\">subscribe<\/a>). His prose style is distinct, and delightful, and the relatively short gobbets of text readily lend themselves to algo-manipulation.<br \/>\nPlus, he has what can only be described as a mild case of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logorrhea_(psychology)\">Logorrhea<\/a> &#8211; meaning there is plenty of text to mine&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png 684w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><br \/>\nalgocurios is powered by a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nshepperd\/gpt-2\">modified version<\/a> of the openai <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/better-language-models\/\">GPT-2<\/a> language prediction model. Basically it&#8217;s a text production system which has been trained by reading millions of articles online. In its standard form, it&#8217;s an amazing beast, capable of producing &#8216;plausible sounding&#8217; text in a myriad of forms.<br \/>\nIf we take this existing model (which already has an excellent grasp of many forms of written english) and re-train it a little on Matt&#8217;s words, it readily produces text with the same kind of tone and vocabulary.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-1024x134.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"84\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-1024x134.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-768x100.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nIn the case of Matt and his webcurios, it got the gist very quickly and started spitting out new gobbets of text in the curios form almost immediately.<br \/>\nGiven more training, the network would undoubtedly begin to memorise and repeat back sections of the source text. However, by just teasing the network with a little new information results in a delightful blend of tone and subject matter.<br \/>\nThe delight, for me, is the way it forces the reader to make unexpected metaphorical leaps in an attempt to extract meaning. Often with algorithmically generated text, the result is semi-predictable or too nonsensical, algocurios hits the sweet spot.<br \/>\nVisit algocurios and explore for yourself at <a href=\"http:\/\/webcurios.co.uk\">webcurios.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Matt Muir compiles a weekly newsletter of articles and links from across the internet (you really should subscribe). His prose style is distinct, and delightful, and the relatively short gobbets of text readily&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aiart","category-algorithmicart","category-generative-text"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>algocurios - shardcore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"algocurios - shardcore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My friend Matt Muir compiles a weekly newsletter of articles and links from across the internet (you really should subscribe). His prose style is distinct, and delightful, and the relatively short gobbets of text readily&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"shardcore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"684\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@erocdrahs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@erocdrahs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61a1942c763ffd2af9c382033a0388b1\"},\"headline\":\"algocurios\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/8.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"aiart\",\"Algoculture\",\"generative text\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/\",\"name\":\"algocurios - shardcore\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/8.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/8.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/8.png\",\"width\":684,\"height\":262},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/01\\\/algocurios\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"algocurios\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/\",\"name\":\"shardcore\",\"description\":\"making art beyond good and evil\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"shardcore.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/eldritch.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/big_cock.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/eldritch.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/big_cock.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"shardcore.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/erocdrahs\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/shardcore.org\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61a1942c763ffd2af9c382033a0388b1\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.shardcore.org\\\/spx\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"algocurios - shardcore","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"algocurios - shardcore","og_description":"My friend Matt Muir compiles a weekly newsletter of articles and links from across the internet (you really should subscribe). His prose style is distinct, and delightful, and the relatively short gobbets of text readily&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/","og_site_name":"shardcore","article_published_time":"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":684,"height":262,"url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@erocdrahs","twitter_site":"@erocdrahs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#\/schema\/person\/61a1942c763ffd2af9c382033a0388b1"},"headline":"algocurios","datePublished":"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/"},"wordCount":269,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png","articleSection":["aiart","Algoculture","generative text"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/","name":"algocurios - shardcore","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png","datePublished":"2019-05-01T16:27:34+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-15T13:22:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.png","width":684,"height":262},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2019\/05\/01\/algocurios\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"algocurios"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/","name":"shardcore","description":"making art beyond good and evil","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#organization","name":"shardcore.org","url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/eldritch.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/big_cock.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/eldritch.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/big_cock.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"shardcore.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/erocdrahs","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/shardcore.org"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/#\/schema\/person\/61a1942c763ffd2af9c382033a0388b1","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e13a64064742fdea686d84fb38ea114ef13b2fdeb38ae1f3391aad48890c8e3c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}