tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post3661610704993021644..comments2024-03-28T20:43:00.579-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: I Write Like H. P. Lovecraft?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-3004166857451324882010-07-14T21:35:40.008-05:002010-07-14T21:35:40.008-05:00I keep seeing the same 10 or so authors pop up as ...I keep seeing the same 10 or so authors pop up as different people play with this toy. I think the more likely explanation is that their database doesn't have very many entries.<br /><br />I would be more interested to see what happens if you put a huge number of texts in their similarity-measuring thing and see if any clusters emerge.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952841762623159827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-70070888924450681712010-07-14T18:55:12.535-05:002010-07-14T18:55:12.535-05:00That actually makes some sense to me. I think it&#...That actually makes some sense to me. I think it's mainly going from a few crude measures of word choice and sentence structure. Stephen King is a mixture of "highbrow" and "lowbrow" tendencies by both measures that might, in the hands of a blunt algorithm, make him sort of the most average writer of all time.Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-70520473513071255742010-07-14T18:40:54.762-05:002010-07-14T18:40:54.762-05:00It tells me I write like Stephen King 1/2 the time...It tells me I write like Stephen King 1/2 the time, and DFW the other 1/2.<br /><br />Apparently Stephen King writes like EVERYBODY.Ryanphttp://twitter.com/thesadstorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-9761832429403801682010-07-13T21:37:35.084-05:002010-07-13T21:37:35.084-05:00It tells me I write like Stephen King 1/4 of the t...It tells me I write like Stephen King 1/4 of the time, Chuck Palahniuck 1/4 of the time, Vladimir Nabokov 1/4 of the time, and Mark Twain 1/4 of the time. I haven't done the full math, but I think I might just say I write like 2 Mike Meginnises added to 1 Mark Twain, multiplied by 2 Nabokovs, all divided by 12 Chuck Palahniucks. I can put that in a cover letter, give people a preview...Tracy Rae Bowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503467625042599574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-90905780881900734022010-07-13T21:18:29.520-05:002010-07-13T21:18:29.520-05:00Apparently, the only two women that have turned up...Apparently, the only two women that have turned up at IWL so far are Jane Austen and JK Rowling. Perhaps you should be pleased to have that Y chromosome, at least so far as I Write Like is concerned.Gabriel Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810434661231289700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-88024444603076444162010-07-13T21:14:42.531-05:002010-07-13T21:14:42.531-05:00Yes, I apparently write like Stephen King approxim...Yes, I apparently write like Stephen King approximately 1/2 of the time. Also Palahniuck 1/3 and Nabokov 1/6.<br /><br />Was wondering if there was a single woman writer in the program. Most similar programs -- even those touted by their users as unfailingly accurate -- are fairly certain I'm a woman.Mike Meginnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445063490812318140noreply@blogger.com