Quiz: Did a Human or a Computer Write This?

[rcjordan]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/08/opinion/sunday/algorithm-human-quiz.html

[BoL]

Got 6/8 right. The computer ones have a whiff of 'matter of fact'

[rcjordan]

I'm getting results of 3/8 out in the bricks. These are well-educated people.  They are incredulous.

[Gurtie]

I got 5/8 but its harder than you would think it'll be - I do think sports reports and actually poetry are comparatively easy for computers to write as they follow general rules - much harder to discuss an abstract concept or include a simile...

[Torben]

The real question is: where do I get one of these spam generators?

[ergophobe]

I only went 4/8... but that was no fair using Vronsky ;-)

[grnidone]

Interesting how they are testing their spam bot. Make it a game.