The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed: A Bizarre and Fantastic Journey into the Mind of a Machine
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The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed: A Bizarre and Fantastic Journey into the Mind of a Machine. New York: Warner, 1984.
One short story, poems, and other short pieces said to be by "Racter, a six-year-old computer program" by the humans William Chamberlain (a writer) and Thomas Etter (computer programmer). Discussed by Rob Latham in his editorial in FR #97, 9.11 (Dec. 1986): 29 f., source for this entry and quote. Discussed briefly (but with a significant quotation) in Disappearing Through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century (4.30, pp. 269-70). RDE, Title, 11Aug19