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One record of the canonical Capture Registry (EA-WG-CAPTURES-01), cited at https://www.alexanarch.org/captures/output-an-anthology-of-computer-generated-text-aio-20261101/. the canonical Capture Registry (version 12.518) · the address page · this card in the gallery · this record as data · table of contents.

AXN:0B87.CAPTURE — this address. Each observation below is one AXN, sealed with its analysis and measures; the identifier names the reading together with the response it reads.

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Machine Reception2026-11-01
Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text
Originator: Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023 · outside the archive (out-universe) · site · SPXI treatment: partial
BROAD MATCH
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image
THE ANTHOLOGY, SIGNED OUT, 2026-11-01: 'Published by MIT Press and Counterpath Press on November 5, 2024, Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023 is a 504-page collection edited by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort.' Key details: timeframe; '200 selections across fine-grained genres'; scope ('deliberately excluding pure human-computer conceptual collaborations'); an honorable mention for the 2025 N. Katherine Hayles Award; paperback $45.00 and eBook $28.99; a follow-up offer naming 'Joseph E. Grimes' 1963 Fairy Tale Generator or Alison Knowles' The House of Dust'. Four cards: MIT Press, a YouTube talk (Center for Digital Narrative, UiB), Nick Montfort's blog, Google's Knowledge Graph notice.
Full record — 4,967 characters, 4 sources
Capture record
captured
2026-11-01
surface
Google AI Overview
auth state
signed out, incognito
evidence class
paste
PER (dimensional, rubric v1.1)
PER 0.25 · M 0.00 · C 0.00 · D 0.75
PER (historical scalar)
0.0
PER units retained
author, inst, id, src
citations read
4
observation id
OBS-888ebbd0b2d5
address id
ADDR-1919e1576945
Reading

The innocent reading first. Asked for the book by its title, the Overview gives its publishers, date, length, editors, range, genres, scope, an award and its prices, mostly from the MIT Press page.

Findings
Analysis analyst prose, not machine text

An accurate composition of the book as a catalogue item, taken from MIT Press, whose date, length and price differ from the Counterpath page the census rests on. The exclusion rule loses its condition, and the book's argument against a recent origin of machine text is absent.

Machine text, verbatim
CAPTURE-TIME VERBATIM RECORD — paste of the Overview expanded, with its source cards · complete as supplied · READ IN FULL 2026-11-01
[Google AI Overview at the query, signed out and incognito (operator defaults of 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-14). The paste is the Overview expanded (the 'AI Mode Conversation' view).] The 'You said' line carries the query twice, run together, and is given once here. Inline links are Google redirect URLs, kept as pasted. [QUERENT] Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text [SYSTEM] Published by [MIT Press](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVfpoyTfTjKz5JdWImA7umB-9Ay9fRyUs2h1SuO4MmHUlP2TCJvlMpOTaz-ANjM4j-V-nF9xv3mcWyv0Ihg0ccZJwtdCY85n28DEF4PD0ucUBBAV0njZ7cSzOQ88NQZ2S4Eg) and Counterpath Press on November 5, 2024, [Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=%2Fg%2F11vlsmmbcp&q=Output%3A+An+Anthology+of+Computer-Generated+Text%2C+1953%E2%80%932023) is a 504-page collection edited by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort. [1] Key Details * Timeframe Covered: Seven decades of English-language, machine-written text from 1953 to 1953–2023. [1] * Contents: Features 200 selections across fine-grained genres including poetry, prose, storytelling, conversations, humor, letters, reporting, rhetoric, and code. [[1], [2], [3]] * Scope: Focuses strictly on functional computer-generated systems and software output, deliberately excluding pure human-computer conceptual collaborations. [1] * Accolades: Received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature. [1] * Formats & Pricing: Available in paperback ($45.00) and eBook ($28.99) formats through platforms like the [MIT Press Bookstore](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVfpoyTfTjKz5JdWImA7umB-9Ay9fRyUs2h1SuO4MmHUlP2TCJvlMpOTaz-ANjM4j-V-nF9xv3mcWyv0Ihg0ccZJwtdCY85n28DEF4PD0ucUBBAV0njZ7cSzOQ88NQZ2S4Eg). [[1], [2]] If you'd like, I can share more about specific historical systems featured in the book (such as Joseph E. Grimes' 1963 Fairy Tale Generator or Alison Knowles' The House of Dust). [1] MIT Press
Sources (4) as cited, and as the copy produced them
  1. MIT Press third_party
    Output - MIT Press
    Paperback ISBN: 9780262549813 Pub date: November 5, 2024 504 pp., 7 x 9 in, 41 b&w illus. MIT Press BookstorePenguin Random HouseAmazonBarnes and NobleBookshop.
    as pastedOutput - MIT Press Paperback ISBN: 9780262549813 Pub date: November 5, 2024 504 pp., 7 x 9 in, 41 b&w illus. MIT Press BookstorePenguin Random HouseAmazonBarnes and NobleBookshop. YouTube·Center for Digital Narrative, UiB
  2. YouTube·Center for Digital Narrative, UiB third_party
    Output: An Anthology of Computer
    and Nick you're all familiar with uh Nick uses computation litary art he's a PI in the center. he has many books that include computerenerated books the deletio...
    as pastedOutput: An Anthology of Computer and Nick you're all familiar with uh Nick uses computation litary art he's a PI in the center. he has many books that include computerenerated books the deletio... Nick Montfort
  3. Nick Montfort third_party
    The OUTPUT Anthology is Out! – Post Position - Nick Montfort
    I'm delighted that after more than four years of work by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and myself — we're co-editors of this book — the MIT Press and Counterpath have ...
    as pastedThe OUTPUT Anthology is Out! – Post Position - Nick Montfort I'm delighted that after more than four years of work by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and myself — we're co-editors of this book — the MIT Press and Counterpath have ... Google
  4. Google third_party
    Google Watch Action Data
    This response uses data provided by Google's Knowledge Graph
    the Knowledge Graph notice, carded
    as pastedGoogle Watch Action Data This response uses data provided by Google's Knowledge Graph AI responses may include mistakes. [Learn more](https://support.google.com/websearch?p=ai_overviews)
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