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Dartmouth contests showcase computer-generated literature, poetry, music sets [NH Star Tribune]

CONCORD, N.H. — Can an algorithm pass for an author? Can a robot rock the house? A series of contests at Dartmouth College is about to find out.
Dartmouth is seeking artificial intelligence algorithms that create "human-quality" short stories, sonnets and dance music sets that will be pitted against human-produced literature, poetry and music selections. The judges won't know which is which.
The goal is to determine whether people can distinguish between the two, and whether they might even prefer the computer-generated creativity.