"The goal was to create original titles (book, videos, games, etc.) on topics that would not be economically viable if published using traditional methods, or covering topics that might be of interest to a limited audience that would nevertheless find the titles useful (what some call the 'long tail')," he said.

The machines - up to 10 PCs for a single sub-sub-genre - then work on compiling thousands of individual titles around the topic, which take about an hour each to compile.

"These genres create wholly original content or conclusions ... much the way consultants draw original conclusions from data they analyse," Parker said.

"If data need to be collected online as on author would, then this process is fully automated - much the way bloggers 'read' things online and then create comments based on what they have read."

Basic English errors in Parker's computer-compiled responses to interview questions highlight the fact that his processes aren't infallible.

To be sure, Parker does not believe his technology will render all human authorship obsolete - only that which is "mundane" or uneconomical to otherwise produce.

(Excerpted from) Asher Moses - Automaton Author Writes up a Storm, The Age, 21 April 2008.

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