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Scientist Uses Internet to Write 200,000 Books

by Will Safer on April 16, 2008 at 08:43 AM

A California computer scientist and linguistics expert has developed a system that allows him to produce books on almost any subject, automatically, and to date has published more than 200,000 of them, any of which can be bought on Amazon.com

Philip M. Parker, of San Diego, programs computers to use complex algorithms that scour the Internet and produce books on everything from skin rosacea to rug patters.

The books are printed on demand, and cost anywhere from about $25 to about $500.

Parker, a professor of management science at INSEAD (an international business school) , explains his process in a YouTube video here.

Besides books, he produces video games and crossword puzzles. Next up on his list? Romance novels.

From New York Times.

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