[ExI] highly abridged version of dickens carol

[Adrian Tymes]

His story ended.  Then he had a bunch of adventures, before his story
finally began.

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 3:28 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Citizen Kane.  Too many clues Adrian.
>
> (8-D
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023, 1:56 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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