Hasty Briefsbeta

I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model

3 days ago
  • #Text Generation
  • #Markov Model
  • #Programming
  • Introduction of a minimal Markov text generator called Mark V. Shaney Junior.
  • Exploratory programming as a hobby, leading to the creation of small experimental programs.
  • Training the Markov model on 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens for testing.
  • Feeding 24 years of blog posts into the Markov model to generate gibberish.
  • Examples of generated text from the model, showcasing its incoherent yet amusing output.
  • Explanation of the model's algorithm, focusing on trigrams and the order of the model.
  • Demonstration of how increasing the model's order affects the coherence of the generated text.
  • Final example of text generation from an initial prompt, highlighting the model's quirks.