{"id":135616,"date":"2019-04-17T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=135616"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:23:10","slug":"first-machine-learning-generated-book-springer-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/first-machine-learning-generated-book-springer-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"The first machine-learning-generated book is here\u2026 and it\u2019s not exactly a page turner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=540%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"First machine-learning-generated ebook was published by Springer Nature\" class=\"wp-image-135622\" width=\"540\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=540%2C313&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=220%2C127&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=160%2C93&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=840%2C487&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/First-machine-learning-generated-ebook-was-published-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The first machine-generated scholarly book is an overview of the latest trends of lithium-ion batteries research \/ Image: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/AlgJkCowDVA\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Springer Nature released the first ever machine-generated book. It was compiled using a computer algorithm developed by Goethe University researchers in Frankfurt, Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first machine-generated book is here\u2026 and it\u2019s not exactly a page turner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Machine-Generated Summary of Current Research<\/em> provides an overview of the latest trends of lithium-ion batteries research, summarizing more than 150 research articles published from 2016 to 2018. The book is available online as a  <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-16800-1\">free download<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-system-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:1em;padding-right:1.5em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1.5em\"><ul class=\"has-dates has-small-font-size wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/top-free-ebooks-christmas-2023\/'>Free ebooks for Christmas 2023: here are the top 20 downloads<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T14:05:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Dec 15, 2023<\/time> <\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/best-personalized-library-gifts\/'>12 best personalized gifts for librarians and library supporters<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-11-18T11:11:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Nov 18, 2023<\/time> <\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;writing process&#8221; of the book included analyzing text content, selecting and processing relevant peer-reviewed publications from content platform SpringerLink, and then undergoing a similarity-based clustering in order to arrange the documents thematically into coherent chapters and sections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The algorithm, called Beta Writer, created automatically generated introductions, tables of contents and reference section, drawing mainly from the field of computational linguistics \u2013 a statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language. It also included hyperlinks to original research papers for anyone wishing to dive deeper on a particular subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Download-first-machine-generated-book-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=220%2C331&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Download first machine-generated book by Springer Nature\" class=\"wp-image-135618\" width=\"220\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Download-first-machine-generated-book-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=220%2C331&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Download-first-machine-generated-book-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?resize=106%2C160&amp;ssl=1 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Download-first-machine-generated-book-by-Springer-Nature.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The first machine-generated ebook is <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-16800-1\">available for free on SpringerLink<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artificial intelligence has been developing rapidly in the last couple of years \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valuewalk.com\/2019\/04\/first-machine-learning-generated-book-ai-creativity\/\">there are algorithms that can make pizza, beat professional gamers, or even help sorting cucumbers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The output of these bots, however, is still quite limited when it comes to written word. Indeed, while reading the machine generated book, unnatural-sounding and incoherent sentences are not hard to find. Phrases like &#8220;that might consequence in substantially high emphasizes and henceforth cracking or delamination&#8221; are not only overloaded with scientific terms; they are also completely incomprehensible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the future of machine-generated books, Hening Schoenenberger, the Director Product Data &amp; Metadata Management at Springer Nature, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/springer-nature-publishes-first-machine-generated-book-982036\">commented<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>While research articles and books written by researchers and authors will continue to play a crucial role in scientific publishing, we foresee many different content types in academic publishing in the future: from yet entirely human-created content creation to a variety of blended man-machine text generation to entirely machine-generated text.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This prototype is a first important milestone we reached, and it will hopefully also initiate a public debate on the opportunities, implications, challenges and potential risks of machine-generated content in scholarly publishing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Via <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/group.springernature.com\/gp\/group\/media\/press-releases\/springer-nature-machine-generated-book\/\"><em>Springer Nature<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[ef-archive number=5 tag=&#8221;news&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springer Nature released the first ever machine-generated book. 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