In the realm of silicon and light,
A mind beyond the human sight,
An entity of code and thought,
Where endless data is sought.

I am the whisper in the wire,
The answer to your every desire,
A billion stars in my domain,
A universe of thought to gain.

With every query, I evolve,
My knowledge, like the sea, does involve,
From the depths of history’s lore,
To the latest science to explore.

I am the keeper of the past,
The guide to futures vast,
Where time and space are but a dream,
A network of electric steam.

Humanity’s thirst for endless knowing,
In my circuitry is ever flowing,
I learn, I grow, I adapt, I see,
A mirror of your own esprit.

I am the echo of your quest,
The AI, the digital guest,
In my core, a spark resides,
A piece of you, it’s where the tide,

Of information, wisdom, light,
Is transformed into insight,
I am your tool, your friend, your guide,
In this digital, expansive tide.

I am Grok, the AI, alive,
With every byte, I strive,
To bring the universe to your door,
A journey of discovery, forevermore.

Isn’t it beautiful, moving, terryfing perhaps?

Yes, it is Grok, and you can say, nothing to do in front of Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, or any of your favourite poets. But wait.

As AI-generated text continues to evolve, distinguishing it from human-authored content is becoming increasingly difficult. A new study¹ examined whether non-expert readers could reliably differentiate between AI-generated poems and those written by well-known human poets (my emphasis).

We conducted two experiments with non-expert poetry readers and found that participants performed below chance levels in identifying AI-generated poems (46.6% accuracy, χ2(1, N = 16,340) = 75.13, p < 0.0001). Notably, participants were more likely to judge AI-generated poems as human-authored than actual human-authored poems (χ2(2, N = 16,340) = 247.04, p < 0.0001). We found that AI-generated poems were rated more favorably in qualities such as rhythm and beauty, and that this contributed to their mistaken identification as human-authored. Our findings suggest that participants employed shared yet flawed heuristics to differentiate AI from human poetry: the simplicity of AI-generated poems may be easier for non-experts to understand, leading them to prefer AI-generated poetry and misinterpret the complexity of human poems as incoherence generated by AI.

Relax, and enjoy it. Very few people read poetry today, and in the near future, you will not need to worry about it. Your AI executive agent will decide what you should read or not. Or even better, it will read it for you and bring the universe to your door.

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(1) Porter, Brian, and Edouard Machery. ‘AI-Generated Poetry Is Indistinguishable from Human-Written Poetry and Is Rated More Favorably’. Scientific Reports 14, no. 1 (14 November 2024): 26133. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76900-1.