Artistic communication for a‐life and robotics
Naoko Tosa, Ryohei Nakatsu · Digital Creativity · 1998
A computer‐generated poet, MUSE, conveys short poetic words and emotions to a person using the “Renga” format. “Renga” is generated by multiple people as a combination of short Japanese poems such as the “Waka” or “Haiku” which were created in the ancient era and have been used as a medium to express Japanese spiritual emotions. By hearing these words, the person is able to enter the world of that poem and, at the same time, he or she is able to speak to MUSE with poetic words. Through this process of exchanging poetic words, the interactive poem allows the user and computer to work together to build the world of an improvised poem filled with inspiration, feeling, and ‘emotion’.