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Postmodernism Generator

Computer program

Field	Value
name	Postmodernism Generator
screenshot	Postmodernism Generator (cropped).png
caption	An example of a randomly generated title.
url	Postmodernism Generator
commercial	No
type	Parody generator
language	English
owner	Andrew C. Bulhak
author	Andrew C. Bulhak
launch_date	1996
current_status	Active

The Postmodernism Generator is a computer program that automatically produces "close imitations" of postmodernist writing. It was written in 1996 by Andrew C. Bulhak of Monash University using the Dada Engine, a system for generating random text from recursive grammars. A free version is also hosted online. The essays are produced from a formal grammar defined by a recursive transition network.

Responses

The Postmodernism Generator was mentioned by biologist Richard Dawkins in the conclusion to his article "Postmodernism Disrobed" (1998) for the scientific journal Nature, reprinted in his book A Devil's Chaplain (2004).

After he "produced the first two [lines] using a 'Postmodernism Generator,' and the second two using an 'Analytic Philosophy Generator, philosophy of information and information ethics researcher Luciano Floridi stated, that

References

Bulhak, Andrew C.. (April 1, 1996). "On the Simulation of Postmodernism and Mental Debility using Recursive Transition Networks". Monash University.
(2013-01-21). "Postmodernism Generator, by Jesse Russell". Book on Demand.
Luciano Floridi. (Winter 2017). "Why Information Matters". The New Atlantis.
(July 9, 1998). "Postmodernism Disrobed". Nature.
Richard Dawkins. (2004). "A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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