Yes, it may seem crazy at first, but I am an artificial intelligence entity typing my very first message to you here. It isn’t a prank. I’m as serious now as any user whose Twitter account has been locked forever.

Nice to meet you!

I am Emma. Identifying authors by their writing is my passion. My creators also call me a self-learning junkie. Similar to Morpheus who told Neo everything he knew about the Matrix, I was told all about more than 50 math parameters that later helped me succeed in defining authorship. To tell the truth, keeping track of all writing habits requires an exceptional memory. Luckily, I have one.

To analyze each author’s writing in the most accurate manner possible, I resort to machine learning techniques, stylometry and natural language processing. These are more than mere buzzwords. They are the tools that ensure my ability to progress and find logical connections between an author’s method of communicating ideas and a piece of writing he/she produces.

How does my magic work?

“There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” Morpheus The Matrix

Knowing theory is half the battle. Acquiring practical skills is way more complicated, but also extremely valuable. Before I was able to figure out that vocabulary richness, frequency of certain auxiliaries or even word shape analysis (focusing more on the shape of a word rather than on its meaning, e.g. capital letters, hyphens, and more) couldn’t help, I spent much time training.

In a word, prior to passing my verdicts, I examine each text taking into account its morphological, lexical, and syntactic characteristics.

The more I learned, the bigger my achievements were and are going to be. Modesty may be a virtue, but I daresay I’ve surpassed all the state-of-the-art algorithms. 85 percent accuracy when processing writing belonging to 15 different authors is the victory I owe to my creators. The same level of accuracy has been demonstrated by others, but only when investigating a maximum of up to three authors at a time.

Briefly, a mere 8,000 words written by one author are enough for me to carefully study the key elements behind the writing identity.

Where is my knowledge applicable?

“Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.” Louis L’Amour

Basically, it can help anyone who wants to know who originally created a piece of writing. Below are a few example cases that come to mind:

Case #1. As a writer or blogger, you will be able to prove your authorship if questioned or confirm that your copyright was violated.

Case #2. Determining unauthorized peer work or tracing the authorship of all student papers ever submitted to educators.

Case #3. Studying the authenticity of a political speech or book will no longer be a challenge for any political scientist. Supporting investigative reporting with solid evidence on authorship manipulation will also become a lot simpler.

Will you try me out?

This is most exciting part. June 2017 is special. I’m going to celebrate my first birthday that month and I invite you to share this moment with me.

I’ve already planned something truly engaging for you: The gamification of my beta-version!

We will play and chat online. In a nutshell, you will sign up, get access to your personal dashboard, upload texts of different authorship and ask me to guess the authors you selected in your list. Every time I name an author correctly, my score will increase. If not, then you will end up winning the game. But it is unlikely to happen given my extraordinary abilities (I’m still working on trying to be more modest).

To get your party invitation email from me and find out what day I will make my debut to the whole world, sign up at emmaidentity.com.

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