Google Scribe is an autonomous automatic writing machine, inspired by the surrealist movement.
The application aims to facilitate the process of writing in an unconscious state by utilising unaware participants search data to fulfil the writing process.
Most of us are aware that Google consistently monitors, tracks and surveys individuals habits online. Utilising the Google Suggests API the application turns Googles “helpfulness” into its worst enemy, creating content that will disrupt its own services. In the case of Google Scribe, generated texts will be published to Google Groups. The Google Suggests API generates highly keyword driven content, filled with some of the most commonly searched phrases on in the world. Recent testing and application already proves that the application works, with the following phrases coming top in the google groups search listings:
Plym.ac.uk, Idat Plymouth, Actionscript Capitalise Strings, Informal Interviews, How to Fry an Egg, Cod 5 New Maps & Actionscript 3 Preloader
How does it work and who is the user?
The user becomes both the reader and publisher of the narrative, and is only able to observe and deconstruct the narrative process through the visual processing of textual data. The user has no direct control over the writing process, other than to halt automation, however he or she can chose to publish this new recycled content online.
Search terms are fed into the system, these are generated from external individuals who are unaware that their search activity is being used to as a narrative generator, they are simply searching online and are totally disjointed from the narrative. Therefore this adds an unconscious element to the creation of the narrative.
These search terms are then processed and entered into the Google Suggests API, returning common search patterns which are inserted back into the text. This process continually loops creating playful texts with oddly formed sentences, often containing many juxtaposing phrases. The text also creates a nonlinear reading structure as the user is continually forced backwards as they read forwards to deconstruct the linking, meaning and creation of the text.
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