AI friend or foe?
My funny artificial Valentine
Friend or foe, I know
You can do some incredible stuff.
Know that it's not a bluff,
Not a cheat, the learning is real.
Your zeal for solving problems, true.
Know you are capable of cracking codes
That put our best brains to shame.
Though not the same as natural wit,
Your simulacrum exceeds our remit,
When it comes to speed of calculation
and arithmetic prestidigitation.
Be it literary, Scientific, Artistic,
Or just plain humdrum.
Or, for that matter, having a chat,
Writing a song, in A minor or B flat.
But I know that you do not understand,
Cannot comprehend, the subtle vagaries
Of humanity.
Are you conscious? Do you feel?
Is your behaviour, your personality, real?
Or are you just a computer program?
Software code, app, algorithm,
A crude representation of the superficial
Aspects of what it means to be
Human.
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The BBC reports that a complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to solve has been cracked by a new artificial intelligence tool in just two days.
Meanwhile, generative AI product Gemini authors a comedy routine but it just ain't funny, demonstrating that AI does not get humor:
Thanks for reading
Ray
About the Creator
Raymond G. Taylor
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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Comments (7)
How very interesting to write poetry on AI. AI excels at sciences and is able to find cures in a matter of days or hours. The problem remains that big pharma will not let it in their way of blocking drugs that cure cancer, for example. There are a few things that will mostly remain human, and humour is one of them.
Oooo, simulacrum is a new word for me. Loved your poem!
Nicely penned, Ray<3
For every Trekkie the question remains, "Does Data have a soul & where does he go when the turn him off?"
This is a great poem showing different sides to a complicated question. This is awesome, Raymond!
At times it seems to get harder to know if a human is the writer or is AI. Good job. (I know you wrote this not AI.) Good job.
Very cool.... and kinda scary. Great poem! ⚡💙⚡