Can machines write their own books? Writing literature has always been a human skill. But now there\u2019s AsiBot, the literary robot of the University of Antwerp and het Meertens Instituut. AsiBot is able to write synthetic literature. It has written a story with the Dutch best-selling author Ronald Giphart. <\/p>\n
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\n\u2014Katrien Verreyken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"