One use of this approach is interactive text generation in order to simulate dialogue, as seen in the arch-typical Eliza type of programs or any program attempting to brave the Turing test. Another approach is to use software to produce text, either by synthesizing from pre-existing text or by using dictionaries and rules for sentence construction. The result may often resemble cut-up techniques such as those employed by the Dadaists or W.S.Burroughs, or they may pose as texts somehow created by alien modes of intelligence, vaguely familiar yet profoundly puzzling. Either way, the use of the computer to generate texts challenges the very nature of the text and the role of the author. But the texts in themselves can also be beautiful.
All contributions are more than welcome, since there is so little information easily available.
I am maintaining this page out of sheer curiosity, and I would be delighted to see what you have to show and share. The Lightening of Solutions Passing By Robert's own Poetry and Prose page, containing his human-generated texts. Computer-Generated Poetry by Justin McHale , created by use of the Mark V. Chaney program found in the software section. This is with a visual aesthetic in mind rather than a literary one, but interesting nonetheless. His description of the method is here .