I wonder which version of the Internet Prophecy Generator is being used here? 3.2, or 4.6?
You know, the one where you enter a topic, ie “Eternal Fate of Unbelievers” KJV/New Jerusalem. Then it churns out a random series of phrases vaguely related to the topic, and you just toss in punctuation here and there.
There are a few stock phrases, like “rabid RCC’s” and “My sheep hear my voice” and “He who hath ears to hear, let him hear,” and “narrow is the way and strait the gate,” etc. that can be inserted, (Selah!)
And there you have it! A book! Take it to UPS, and they’ll upload it, print it, collate it, bind it, and it’s yours to sell on the net for $20.00 (although $19.99 is better). Order now and we’ll throw in the Pocket Edition of “Prophecy for End Times” (S & H extra).
I just call 1-900-PROPHET and for $4.99 a minute they tell me everything I need to know.
I wonder which version of the Internet Prophecy Generator is being used here? 3.2, or 4.6?Then it churns out a random series of phrases vaguely related to the topic, and you just toss in punctuation here and there.
That was my impression when I first heard this kind of stuff first hand, 30+ years ago. Someone's soaked themselves in the jargon and literature of a particular group, and just spews random phrases run through an internal mental filter of greater or (ahem!) lesser quality that filters out the absolute nonsense and strings what's left together.
Think of the old thought experiment, monkeys randomly banging on the 26 letters keys of typewriters, producing (in the loooooooooooooong eventually) the plays of Shakespeare.
Did you know, that a primitive 1960s era program called ELIZA could carry on a converstation with you? Yet "ELIZA has almost no intelligence whatsoever, only tricks like string substitution and canned responses based on keywords."