Dear Fandango...I would like to ask you for a favour…..Could you write a poem with an A1 device in Shakespearean language and form….maybe a sonnet …The reason I am asking you to do it is because I am
curious to know if the poem will be above average…I would like to know if A1 can produce
something brilliant….I want to know I am correct in thinking that it is
not possible. ( I hope !)
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
POEM 1
The Bard's Lament
I sit within my study, all alone,
My thoughts do wander to the days of yore,
When I could write of love and passion pure,
And all the world was filled with joy and lore.
But now, my muse has fled, and left me here,
A broken man, with nothing left to write,
My heart is filled with sadness and despair,
And all my days are filled with bitter night.
The world has changed, and I cannot keep up,
The times have moved on, and I am left behind,
I am a relic of a bygone age,
A fool who cannot keep up with the times.
So now I sit, and write this sonnet last,
A farewell to my muse, and to my past.
POEM 2
My dear, the sun has risen once again
And with it comes a task that’s quite a bore
For I must now put down my trusty pen
And venture out to do my daily chore
But fear not, my love, for I have a plan
To make this tedious task a bit more fun
I’ll dress up like a clown, with pots and pans
And dance around like a jester on the run
Perhaps my neighbors will be quite amused
To see me prance about in such attire
And if they’re not, well then I shall excuse
Myself and say I’m simply feeling dire
So let us go forth, my love, and make mirth
For life is but a jest, and we its mirth.
AI generated image of Elon Musk and robot

Ha ha, love the picture of Elon Musk and robot!
ReplyDeleteWell, I am thinking poem 1 is AI and poem 2 not. I wasn't sure as I read 1, because it is SO bad that I thought someone must surely have done it on purpose, either to deceive or with tongue-in-cheek humour as an in-joke. But then I read 2, and it seems very consciously and intentionally humorous and slangy, and rather un-Shakespearian in tone, so I think it must be the product of a human mind, which means the first one must be the AI poem.
I like the image and the AI poet. Hope they exist with a head and a heart.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, a poem by a human does not mean it is well written. Both 1 & 2 could be AI or human. I like the rhythm and joy in the second poem but do not know if it is AI or not.
ReplyDeleteI think YOU are #2.
ReplyDeleteYOU are wrong.:)....They are both machine generated...
DeleteHaha … wonderful experiment. "We its mirth", indeed! The more I read the second, the more I like it. It leaves me wondering how the input for both poems were similar and/or differed at the start. :)
DeleteEven I resonate with Penelope. You can't tell .But the depths of a wonderful poem can only written and not generated
ReplyDeleteOh wow, what an experiment. It's really hard to tell. I was going to say poem #2 is written by a human.
ReplyDeleteIs this a can of worms being opened? Will people bother to write poetry anymore?I think at the present moment, human talent still wins over machine power.
I have no idea what was written or by whom. Just know I do not like either.
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