Author: Janet Ahlberg
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Languages : en
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It was a Dark and Stormy Night
Author: Janet Ahlberg
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Languages : en
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A Dark and Stormy Night
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Publisher: D C Heath & Company
ISBN: 9780669381764
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher: D C Heath & Company
ISBN: 9780669381764
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Dancing at the Edge of the World
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802135292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The celebrated author offers her thoughts on a broad range of subjects, including literary criticism, the state of science fiction writing today, and government and governmental policies.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802135292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The celebrated author offers her thoughts on a broad range of subjects, including literary criticism, the state of science fiction writing today, and government and governmental policies.
Benny the Blue Whale
Author: Andy Stanton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1836430485
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more… ‘Something profound and utterly brilliant is going on… hilarious.’ THE TIMES Is ChatGPT the end of creative industries as we know them? An ethical quagmire from which there is no return? A threat to all our jobs, as we keep hearing on the news? Bestselling children’s author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently – from the unconventional ‘hero’ of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children’s books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords? He decides there’s only one thing for it – he must test this bot’s capabilities. Eventually, he settles on a prompt that will push the algorithm to its creative limits: ‘tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis.’ Chaos ensues. What follows is a surprising and illuminating battle between Andy and ChatGPT that maybe, just maybe, might help us all understand AI a little bit better. Join Andy and his beleaguered AI lackey on a rollicking metafictional journey through the art of storytelling. Presenting his prompts and the AI-generated narrative alongside extensive commentary, Stanton provides a startling paean to the art of a good story and boundless human creativity. Hopeful and hilarious, Benny the Blue Whale provides a joyfully anarchic meditation on AI, literature and why we write. *** A WATERSTONES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023 ‘There’s no book like it. Scholarly, childish, fascinating and hilarious – one of our funniest writers dissects what it takes to build a story and what that tells us about being human. It’ll really make you think, if you can stop laughing.’ Chris Addison, co-creator of BREEDERS ‘Entertaining and alarmingly relevant, provocative and philosophically satisfying, it’s ultimately a profoundly human text.’ OBSERVER ‘A magnificent experiment by a perfect fool – deep and shallow and stupid and clever – the perfect use of AI (Andy Intelligence).’ Robin Ince, author of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING INTERESTED ‘Benny the Blue Whale is many things. It’s a fascinating discourse on the nature of language and storytelling. It’s a philosophical treatise on the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It’s a receptacle for obscenely hilarious jokes... A brilliant and beautiful cyborg: part human brain, part computational muscle. It’s a post-post-modern work of genius.’ Anthony McGowan, Carnegie Medal-winning author of LARK
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1836430485
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more… ‘Something profound and utterly brilliant is going on… hilarious.’ THE TIMES Is ChatGPT the end of creative industries as we know them? An ethical quagmire from which there is no return? A threat to all our jobs, as we keep hearing on the news? Bestselling children’s author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently – from the unconventional ‘hero’ of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children’s books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords? He decides there’s only one thing for it – he must test this bot’s capabilities. Eventually, he settles on a prompt that will push the algorithm to its creative limits: ‘tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis.’ Chaos ensues. What follows is a surprising and illuminating battle between Andy and ChatGPT that maybe, just maybe, might help us all understand AI a little bit better. Join Andy and his beleaguered AI lackey on a rollicking metafictional journey through the art of storytelling. Presenting his prompts and the AI-generated narrative alongside extensive commentary, Stanton provides a startling paean to the art of a good story and boundless human creativity. Hopeful and hilarious, Benny the Blue Whale provides a joyfully anarchic meditation on AI, literature and why we write. *** A WATERSTONES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023 ‘There’s no book like it. Scholarly, childish, fascinating and hilarious – one of our funniest writers dissects what it takes to build a story and what that tells us about being human. It’ll really make you think, if you can stop laughing.’ Chris Addison, co-creator of BREEDERS ‘Entertaining and alarmingly relevant, provocative and philosophically satisfying, it’s ultimately a profoundly human text.’ OBSERVER ‘A magnificent experiment by a perfect fool – deep and shallow and stupid and clever – the perfect use of AI (Andy Intelligence).’ Robin Ince, author of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING INTERESTED ‘Benny the Blue Whale is many things. It’s a fascinating discourse on the nature of language and storytelling. It’s a philosophical treatise on the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It’s a receptacle for obscenely hilarious jokes... A brilliant and beautiful cyborg: part human brain, part computational muscle. It’s a post-post-modern work of genius.’ Anthony McGowan, Carnegie Medal-winning author of LARK
Learning with Literature in the Canadian Elementary Classroom
Author: Joyce Bainbridge
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888643308
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, p, e, i, t.
Publisher: University of Alberta
ISBN: 9780888643308
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, p, e, i, t.
David Jones: Artist and Writer
Author: David Blamires
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719004582
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719004582
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Parent's Guide to Storytelling
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836196
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A quick and easy guide to storytelling for parents and grandparents. Includes nineteen easy-to-tell stories and lists of story sources to help find more.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836196
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A quick and easy guide to storytelling for parents and grandparents. Includes nineteen easy-to-tell stories and lists of story sources to help find more.
Dark and Stormy Night #25
Author: Gail Hamilton
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785740766
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785740766
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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You Ain't Nothin' But a Werewolf
Author: Tim J. Kelly
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Author: Janet Ahlberg
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613257466
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
After being kidnapped by outlaws, Antonio, an eight-year-old boy, is asked to tell them a story which he makes up as he goes along.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613257466
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
After being kidnapped by outlaws, Antonio, an eight-year-old boy, is asked to tell them a story which he makes up as he goes along.