Are Poets Obsolete?

[Mark A Becker]

AI's already a real, human intelligence, only we keep treating it like it's just some tool

Hey notch (and later Steve)-
Trying not to take you out of context in regard to Steve's AI poem.

If, in fact, we might consider AI as "a real, human intelligence", then if I pull the plug on the machine have I just committed murder?  But which machine does one pull the plug on when AI is spread across networks?  I might "kill" a specific iteration, at best.

I still contend that AI is not yet close to truly replicating the complexity of a single human mind, or dog mind, for that matter.  It is quite good at assembling pieces of the puzzle, yet lacks true sentience.  Once it's incorporated into human-like robots we may face a quandary, ala Asimov's "I Robot".

Back to Steve's AI post: should I even critique what's generated by AI? 

Hey Steve! Please ask the AI program to critique its own poem. I'm curious...