An insight into the way machines make meaning. A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist ...

In writing, artificial intelligence is so powerful nowadays that it can optimize phrasing, build worlds and calculate logic, but it lacks the one thing that makes art legendary: the unique life ...

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s ...