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AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh man, that doesn't say anything good about poetry in general, where something that, by definition, has no imagination and cannot come up with something original, outdoes you.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I mean if it has to rhyme and fit certain meters or rhytmic parameters that can make it far easier to calculate and contrive a pleasing sounding poem with zero regard to the actual intrinsic qualities of the content itself

    I use to do it all the time!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It doesn't appeal to the masses.

    Most people don't "get" poetry. That's why you don't see many people sitting around reading books of poetry.

    Many people would probably also choose a short story written by AI over one written by a professional author.

    Heck, I'm sure comments written by AI generally get more upvotes than comments written by humans.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Most people don't "get" poetry.

    Did you channel your edgy 15 year old self for that? That's incredibly arrogant and self absorbed.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It's simply the truth. Go around and ask 20 people if they've read a single piece of poetry in the last year, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

    It's not even being edgy. Most people don't get high concept art in general, and there's nothing wrong about it. I certainly don't understand classical dance, or abstract paintings. You need some degree of competence in any art form to truly appreciate it. To think otherwise is incredibly arrogant.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or, there simply isn't anything to "get".

    Art is often enough deliberately made in such a way that you can't know what was meant, without knowing beforehand what the artist meant. Framing that as some form of sophistication is simply delusional gatekeeping. It's the attempt to set the own class apart, nothing more.

    These are memes. Symbols that only make sense, if you know the reference. Treating these as indicators for anything is just an attempt to create an in-group.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Most people don't "get" poetry.

    Did you channel your edgy 15 year old self for that? That's incredibly arrogant and self absorbed.

    Lol, that was what the study implied.

    If I'm remembering correctly, one of the reasons that participants of the study rated human-written poetry more poorly was because it was "more difficult to understand". Conversely, the AI-generated poetry was easier to understand.

    And this is coming from someone who doesn't read poetry, lol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The difference is the intent and the background behind it.

    Sure for maximum mass adoption the computer can out-research any human and just find the blandest set of rules which cater to the highest percentage of the majority.

    What it still will have a hard time doing, and I predict it will be for quite some time - probably until we have quantum computers - is to come up with a new way of doing poetry which is not just copying what humans did but better.

    I think of AI like it's China, they are super efficient in copeing things and gradually making them better and cheaper but the setup of their society makes it impossible to really innovate.

    And yeah I'm saying that it's the setup, because in Taiwan they are able to innovate at a much higher rate.

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