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All poems in this book were written by a computer, then edited by a human. All poems were written/edited in the month of March 2018. The algorithms used were based on Pytorch Averaged Stochastic Gradient Descent With Weight Dropped QRNN. Corpus sources: a subset of Poetry Magazine, Jacket2, Capa, ABZ, Two River, NSU Creative Writing 323. Poets: Claudia Rankine, Jorie Graham, Paul Celan, Cathay. Posthuman, network tech, neurotransmitter, and griefwork terminology. Literotica and excerpts from Yuval Noah Harari, NYT, Aeon.co, DeepMind blog, jhavelikes.tumblr.comMore info at http://bdp.glia.ca