computer creativity

This text covers: setting the stage; the problem of imagery; the problem of consciousness; mathematizing betrayal; literary creativity and Church's Thesis; inside the mind of BRUTUS.

Paper written for ISEA 2004 in Helsinki, on August 20, 2004 (Scott Rettberg presented). The investigation into early computer writing starts with the observation that "early interaction with computers happened largely on paper: on paper tape, on punchcards, and on print terminals and teletypewriters, with their scroll-like supplies of continuous paper for printing output and input both." Montfort traces back history and challenges the "screen essentialist" assumption about computing.