Week 13: Bots!

Monday, November 9

Wednesday, November 11

  • In the Genre: Bot resource, read and write 1 paragraph about:
    • one dataminer bot
    • one markov chain bot
    • one generator bot
  • Post your analyses in our Facebook Group before class.

Friday, November 13

  • In the Genre: Bot resource, read and write 1 paragraph about:
    • one mashup bot
    • one template bot
    • one scheduler or responder bot
  • Post your analyses in our Facebook Group before noon.
  • Read and respond, substantively, to 2 of your classmates’ posts by Sunday.

By Leonardo Flores

Professor Leonardo Flores is Chair of the English Department at Appalachian State University. His research areas are electronic literature, with a focus on e-poetry, digital writing, and the history and strategic growth of the field. He’s known for I ♥ E-Poetry, the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3, “Third Generation Electronic Literature” and the Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volume 1. He is a member of the MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on AI and Writing. For more information on his current work, visit leonardoflores.net.