[ExI] highly abridged version of dickens carol

[Kelly Anderson]

But that's not even a book. Lol

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023, 2:56 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Rich man dies, recalling happy days in his poor childhood.  Everyone
> around him only knew him when he was rich and has no idea his dying word
> referenced his sled.
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 12:50 PM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> "Your uncle killed me. Kill him!"
>> "I dunno if I really want to!"
>> Then everyone dies.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023, 10:54 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Nice.
>>> So now I can claim I've read Moby Dick and Les Miserables right?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:33 AM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Big white whale plus OCD equals tragedy.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 9:49 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My apologies, but this cartoon made me laugh out loud and wet my
>>>>> diapers:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We know of Readers Digest abridged versions of books, and movies are
>>>>> always abridged versions of the books from which they are derived.  So now,
>>>>> if we have AI to assist in the effort, how much can a story be abridged and
>>>>> still be recognizable?  If we allow illustrations as above, can we reduce a
>>>>> novel to six words?  Can we imagine a contest, a literature version of Name
>>>>> That Tune, where we try to describe a classic literature title in as few
>>>>> words as possible to see if our teammates can guess the story.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For instance: Bad guy escapes, turns good, Les Constables spends years
>>>>> tracking bad guy, eventually catches Les Ass but lets him go.  Ends well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Answer: Les Miserables
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> spike
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