I trained a neural network to try to reproduce psalms and it ended up writing nonsense.
Then someone arranged one of the psalms for choir - to the theme from Tetris. http://aiweirdness.com/post/168294222082/a-computer-tries-its-best-to-learn-psalms
@janellecshane "Their heart shall be abundantly satisfied with frogs." Seems legit.
@ann_leckie Frogs are pretty rad, let's be fair.
@janellecshane @ann_leckie This reminds me of the classic "Blessed are the peacocks, for they shall be called sonship of God." (due to a mismatched word lookup table): http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/new90/godbug.html
@ann_leckie speaking of being abundantly satisfied with frogs: http://thebrainscoop.tumblr.com/post/168299490166/what-kind-of-frogs-do-you-think-are-the
@janellecshane @ann_leckie i am reminded of this (excellent) fox-grading thread on birdsite: https://twitter.com/ColinJCarlson/status/929623209997082631
@ann_leckie @janellecshane This needs to be a Propriety-Turtle-type thing
@DialMforMara @ann_leckie @janellecshane It had occurred to me when I first read it that this sounded like just about the expected level of fidelity for Raadchai translation of an ordinary psalm.
@Nentuaby @janellecshane @ann_leckie ha!
Tangentially related, are you guys aware of the Radchaai Pop Songs tumblr?
@janellecshane this is truly magnificent, thank you for sharing this with us