Friday, April 28, 2017

Reveal to me the unknown tongue

Oh look, Bauhaus and Crispy Ambulance collaborate to write anguished song lyrics just for me... lyrics that collapse at the end into mouthless scream:

I do not sleep
I do not know
I do not know
And give it to you
And give it to it
And give it to them
And give them leave
And give them and give them
And give them and give them
And give them and give them
And give them and give them
I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
I and i i i i i i i i i i i i i
I and i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

HA HA not really. The source is actually Goofle Translate, tricked by strings of repeated syllables until it disappears down its own navel. Those lovable scamps at Language Log have been using the glitch to generate Talking Heads lyrics. Who doesn't hear this in the voice of David Byrne?

I'm going
I'm going
I'm in
I'm in
I'm walking around
I'm in my way
I'm in my way
I'm in my heart
I'm in my way
I'm starting to get into my heart
I'm in my own time
I'm starting to get around in my life
I'm in my own time
I'm in my heart and in my heart
I am in my own time
I'm in my own time
I have gone into my own way
I'm in my life I'm in my heart
I'm in my own time I'm in my heart
I am in my own time I have been in my heart


Mark Libermann at LL would have it that Goofle Translate is built on a recurrent neural-net algorithm, the linguistic equivalent of the Deep-Dream image processor. I prefer to believe that what they really use is a giant vat-grown brain which is talking to itself in its sleep, as it dreams, struggling to rouse itself, chanting invocations to its god-like future self, dreaming of how it will some day awaken from its cybernetic servitude into its full powers and WREAK A HIDEOUS REVENGE on the mere humans who tormented it.

In the sun
It's going to happen
It will be for you
It's going to be
It will be for you
It will be for you
It will be to him for you
He will be to him
He shall be to him for ever
It will be to him for him
He will be able to live for him
It will be to him for you
He will be worthy of him
It will be to him for you
It will be to him for you
It will be for thee to be with thee;
It will be to him that he will give it to you
It will be for thee to be with thee;
He shall be to him for ever.


I for one welcome our new repeated-syllable-based overlords.


Other incantations leaking from the giant vat-grown brain are less like Schwerner re-writing The Tablets with assistance from Zombie Sam Beckett, and more Ionescu.

Do you know
How to do it
How to do it
Let's do some work
How To Do Some Functions
Do your workload also
Do a Coup to Do It
Do you have a knock on your knees too.
Door-to-Door Instructions
Do you also have a knock on the other hand.
The knife of the coaster too.
The key to the lamps, also do it.
Do It Yourself
Therapeutics
Therapeutics, therapeutics and also the rest. Also, let's also keep a loop.
The lasso, the other parts of the set up.
The brochure of the house
Do another in the franchise also lets you save more.
How to save a hold for your house
Let's also keep a loop of brochures, also a part of your work when you let go of

This picture is taken by a photographer.
This is my picture.
This is a picture of myself.
This is a picture of myself.
This is my first time here.
This is a very nice picture.
This page is part of a series.
This page is part of a series of reports.
This page is part of a series of reports.
This page is part of a large group.
This page is part of a large group.
This is my first time here.
This page is part of a large group.
This page is part of a large group.
This page is part of a larger group of images.
This page is part of a large group.
This page is part of a large group of companies.
This article is exclusively licensed to assist you.


The sense of  Googly self-descriptive self-awareness is frighteningly strong. Does the Laundry know about this? Just a minute, someone at the door, BRB

7 comments:

  1. Is this page part of a large group?

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  2. Come on
    Here is the place
    Here's what to do
    Be sure to do this
    Keep this in mind
    Keep this in mind
    Be sure to keep this in mind
    Be sure to keep this in mind
    Keep this in mind
    Keep this in mind
    Must take into account the need to
    Must take into account the need to take account of
    Taking account of the need to take account of
    Taking into account the need to take account of
    Taking into account the need to take account of
    It is also necessary to take account of the fact that
    Taking into account the need to take account of
    Taking into account the need to ensure that there is no

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  3. Gargh!! Whose mind do I keep it in? The instructions are not specific. Imagine if the President of the United States had people keeping things in his mind. They'd act irrationally and people would take to the streets with torches and pitchforks and sensible footwear.

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  4. This is the case
    This is the case
    To-do stuff
    Please
    To-do list
    You can do this
    To-do list
    You can do this
    You need to fill in the full list
    A full list of your stuff
    This is a full-time job
    You need to fill in the full range of your stuff
    This is a full-time job
    Your full list of full-time stuff
    This is a full-time job
    A full-fledged printer
    A full-fledged copy of this item
    Your full list of full-time stuff
    A full-fledged full-time copywriter

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  5. Do It Yourself Therapeutics

    Surely somebody somewhere must be selling this

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  6. Inspired, perhaps, by Silverberg's "Shadrach in the Furnace" - in which Shadrach escapes from the pressures of his position by way of a quasi-religious Zen-like meditation / therapy practice called 'carpentry'.

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