Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Lichtenstein: your AI guide
Which is better, an article generated by ChatGPT or one written by a person (me)? For this AI experiment, I wrote an article about Roy Lichtenstein's Whaam! from my own knowledge and observations, and then generated an article to a similar brief using ChatGPT (GPT 3.5 August 3, 2023 version). The AI article was generated on August 5 2023 at around 01:30 UTC+1. The following text string was used:
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in 01
Lichtenstein: Whaam!
Roy Lichtenstein, Whaam! is a work of art that defines an era. Not just that period of art history known as 'pop art', but an era in the history of the world. To me this work, more than any other that I can think of, defines the whole 20th century. Encompassing as it does, the historical evolution of the era of mass production, the era of mass destruction through total war, and the birth of modern mass media.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Art
AI: Academic research and modern slavery
This experiment began as an attempt to see what would happen if I gave a brief to ChatGPT to write an essay on a given academic subject. I chose modern slavery as a topic that I was thinking about at the time, having discussed it with work colleagues recently. As it turned out, the request for a 2,000-word essay exceeded the character limit, presumably as a free-use registered version of the product. The result was, however, even more interesting, as the system generated what looked to me like a competent first attempt at an essay plan. Certainly it was a more comprehensive plan than I would have expected to be able to produce myself, without considerable pre-reading. The resulting plan is reproduced here verbatim for others to read and consider. I have commented at the end and may provide an evaluation at a later date. I would welcome comments from others.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in 01
AI capability: A history of the English town of Beckenham
This article about the history of the English town of Beckenham in Kent was generated on August 5, 2023 using artificial intelligence application ChatGPT (GPT-3.5 August 3, 2023 version). It has been produced as a learning exercise and an illustration of the functional capability of this controversial software. I would ask readers to note that the text string I provided to generate the article included a request to provide sources, which the generated article did include. Given the attribution, it would appear to me that no intellectual property rights were misused in the generation of the article. Should anyone reading this article have any concerns, please let me know by commenting at the end of the article. I would be greateful for any other thoughts, observations and comments.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in History
Art for our sake: four. Top Story - August 2023.
I don't generally go for art history or philosophy of art but an interesting discussion of how art and life reflect each other is to be found in Dana Stewart's Art is Life or Life is Art? The narrative begins with the Oscar Wilde quote: "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." Dana's article explores the ever-developing relationship between art and life from the ancient, classical, renaissance and modern eras.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Art
The Artistic Visionaries of Omni Magazine: GPT alternative
This article was produced entirely by the Artificial Intelligence application ChatGPT (GPT 3.5) from OpenAI. The text string command used to generate the article was provided by the Vocal Creator "OG AI". The reason I have used an identical string to that used by OG AI was to see how similar the resulting articles would be. I claim no rights to any of the following and if anyone else does, please let me know and I will remove the article immediately. The original OG AI article is linked here for comparison (please read, it is really interesting), and with my thanks to the author:
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in 01
Where have all the bikers gone?
Are there any bikers in this community? As someone who likes to tour around England, Wales, and Scotland on a motorcycle, I wonder where all the biker stories are in the Vocal Wander community. I haven't seen anything. Is there any community interest here in motorcycle touring?
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Wander
What we fear most
What we fear most is a great title for a work that explores, not just a life in forensic psychiatric medicine, but the social environment that nurtures the conditions such medicine has been developed to treat. In his autobiography, Ben Cave explores and reflects on his own background and environment as much as he does that of his patients and the other people around him. Unlike most autobiographies, however, the book does not merely track the humdrum events of the subject’s lifetime. It takes a much more detailed and contextual look at the author’s life, reflecting on all he has learnt of his profession.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Journal
How the Earth came to be blue
At the beginning, in the time before men, the world was a vast wilderness of rock and sand: dull, flat, monotonous and uncaring. There were no trees, no flowers, no meadows, no rivers or valleys, no wind and no rain, no day, no night. Just vast empty plains and rocks sweltering under an endless Sun. The only creatures to walk the Earth were fauns. Playful, horned, hoofed, happy fauns. Watched over from the heavens above by Mother Sky and her two daughters Soul and Song.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Fiction
