Poetry and innovation

[milo]

This is a poem that ChatGPT created about •electricity markets”
It’s quite impressive. I say so as a poetry aficionado and one that studiedelectricity markets

Markets

At five-minute intervals
the future is cancelled
and recalculated.

Demand arrives panting,
supply puts on a tie.
Somewhere a turbine spins harder,
somewhere a spreadsheet blinks red.

Nothing is owned, exactly—
only promised.
Megawatts exist briefly
as intentions.

Price is a weather system:
it forms offshore,
rolls in without apology,
flattens suburbs.

Scarcity is not a lack of wires
but a rumour that travels fast.
Abundance is silence
after a constraint lifts.

Traders speak of “signals”
as augurs once spoke of birds.
A spike is a moral failure
or an act of God,
depending on position.

Coal waits like an old king,
solar flares at noon and forgets,
wind is earnest but unreliable,
gas clears its throat.

And always the grid holds—
not by will,
but by rules so strict
they resemble faith.

Lights come on.
No one applauds.

I think you are probably correct.  Oh, for sure there are things about it that feel formulaic but it is probably better than 95% of people could write.  I don't want to reveal what about it impresses me but, youhave heard me prattle on for a bit, what would you think it is?

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Actually just read through it again and a ton of it is trash. chatGPT is depending heavily on abstractions without properly developing them or giving them time to breathe. This may be because much of web (or twitter or insta or whatever) poetry does the same. In addition, the anthropomorphication is overdone and never properly supported. It never pauses long enough to properly develop its metaphors but just rushes on one after another.

eh - whatever - why the heck am I dong this?

(might follow up with more in depth)

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You know - to go on again for no reason, but I feel there are 2 camps with regards to AI generated content and they are divided pretty heavily by age. The younger generation seems to see all the potential benefits and application of new technology while the older generation tends to mourn the loss of experiences they remember fondly.

Think of poetry analysis (or feedback or crit or whatever) - I love talking with people about their poetry. Not sure why, I just enjoy it, it has brought me a lot through the years. I think that is going to go away and there will not be a Gen Alpha milo (or other more prominent if you wish). Maybe it is for the best but it is tough to not feel the loss a little bit.