I just learned about the short story "The Great Automatic Grammatizator", written in 1954, and it is eerily prescient story about machines that produce writing:
https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/1953-dahl-thegreatautomaticgrammatizator.pdf
going left to right, starting from IWNW: a canal from the ocean to a lake, another canal from the lake to a city center, PANAMA CANAL CONNECTING A CITY CENTER TO A NATURAL WONDER, and a final canal connecting the natural wonder to a city center BACK TO THE OCEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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videogame enjoyer. mathematics hobbyist and recovering physicist. recovering software engineer. professional wonk. prophet of The Truth. the walking embodiment of "not diagnosed, but somethings wrong". i like animals that wear cowboy hats.
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