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George Orwell on AI

2 quotes from George Orwell on the wall, 1949, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Secker & Warburg.

  1. Composed without any human intervention whatever

    George Orwell, British novelist, describing a popular song sung by a prole woman in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in June 1949. Such songs were produced for the proles by a sub-section of the Music Department.

    Secker & WarburgNineteen Eighty-Four

  2. Composed entirely by mechanical means

    George Orwell, British novelist, describing the Ministry of Truth's entertainment for the proles in Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in June 1949.

    Secker & WarburgNineteen Eighty-Four

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