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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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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'll raise you one better: who the fuck wants poetry?

Like I know I sound like a fucking mongrel who can't appreciate art or whatever, but how many poems do you think the average person reads in their entire life? Maybe 2, for school? Poetry is just not that popular of an art form, so of course people aren't going to be good at distinguishing good from bad. Compare it to visual arts, where people have seen multiple examples, at least more than 3 times a year for their entire life, of good visual art.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

That's a commodity/consumerist take on art.

I write poetry because making art feeds my soul. I share my poetry because it feeds others, especially other poets.

I don't write poetry to sell it on Amazon.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

That's cool, I'm glad you are making something you enjoy. The point stands that the average Joe doesn't actually seek out poetry, be it man or machine-made, and will therefore be an exceptionally poor judge of a poems quality.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're right, actually. How many people make a point of reading poetry? I've read a huge amount, especially when I was in school, as well as news articles, and of course an unfathomable number of comments.

Never have I decided to read poetry, not once.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

Poets. You know, people who appreciate making and sharing that kind of art.