Policy regarding advanced aids (GPT, other AI, et al)

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Having a machine write a poem entirely defeats the purpose of writing a poem.  That would be like sitting at home while a robot climbs a mountain for you or watches a sunset for you.  So what if a machine can write a poem?  So what if it can even write a better poem? That’s not the point. The point isn’t just the words or the finished product.  The point is in the struggle, to wrestle with the words the way Jacob wrestled with God and won.  The point is the experience of writing it, to change the words and be changed by them.  The point is that it’s humans trying to find words to express their humanity hoping that other humans will see it and understand.  It’s a giant “I was here” scribbled into history. Tau Chyen wrote the words “any place becomes secluded when the mind is far away” in 400 AD, and then I read it in 2023 and I felt it.  It was like a string traveling through time connecting human to human. I said to Tau Chyen, “I get it. I too have felt that.”

Anyway, if you want to make a forum for AI generated poetry, we can discuss it.  I don’t see the point of it, but I know my opinion is only that.  I do not want to see AI poetry in the other forums. A poem written by a machine isn’t a true poem in my opinion.  I know we can’t regulate it, but I would hope that people are posting their own poems here.  If you have AI help, then why post here at all looking for human help?

If I had my own way and if there were any way to enforce it, I would not allow AI assisted or generated poetry in any of the regular forums.  I am only interested in what humans have to say. Yes, I do have strong opinions about this.  I do realize they are just opinions.