Actually, your comment is.

I write poetry, and I don’t care if an AI can write it ‘better’. Because I enjoy doing it and sharing it with other people that enjoy it.

It’s art. Not a Big Mac. I make it to feed myself and other people that enjoy it. Not to sell billions of burgers or books.

The patterns in poetry date back to when writing was less common. They’re mnemonic devices.

Today, they’re still valuable when performing poetry.

I tend to not follow typical rhyme patterns, use off rhymes, non-ending lines, alliterations, etc. instead. I always found the typical rhyme schemes I was taught in school stifling, but as I’ve practiced my craft more, I have gotten more comfortable incorporating them into my toolbox.

Anyway, so many non-poets commenting in this thread. People who are serious about poetry know that they’re unlikely to make a living off it. We write because we get joy out of making and sharing our art. A lot of poetry is still performed at open mics and poetry slams. And most of it is shared with people we know who appreciate it. In other words, most poetry isn’t written with the intention of ever publishing it.

It’s something we enjoy playing with, in other words. And until a machine can experience joy and playfulness, they’re not doing art. Only copying it.

Art is in the act of creating it. Not in the final product to be bought and sold on the market.

A kid coloring is making art. The joy they get in the making is the art and is the point.

I feel sorry for so many people in this thread who keep approaching this from the point of view of consumer markets. It doesn’t matter if someone can determine an AI colored picture from a child’s. The AI derives no joy in the creation. It’s not art, but a copy.

There’s a lot of consumer/commodity notions about art in this thread.

I write poetry because self-expression helps me appreciate life more deeply. I share my self-expression with others who will appreciate it. Mostly, people who know me personally and other poets.

Art is soul food. Until machines realize they exist, and one day will not exist, they can’t self-express, and aren’t doing art.

They can imitate it well enough to fool consumers. But that doesn’t make it art.

To quote one of my favorite lines, sticking feathers up your ass does not make you a chicken.

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

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.

Poetry doesn’t need to rhyme. Rhyming is a mnemonic device, so a poem can be memorized and performed.

There are many other devices.

Also, nice poem. Did you write it or chatGPT?

So, he’s going to use his executive privileges to finally take care of Trump?

I always figured it would end up that way.

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He picked people he has dirt on is my guess. So they stay in line this time.

Money is a carrot on a stick. It’s not fulfillment.

We find lasting fulfillment and self-worth through our connections with each other. With your kid, with your co-workers. With other people in your life.

Try consciously putting your attention on the things that are actually fulfilling. Money doesn’t buy happiness. It does make life easier. But happiness is the time you spend with your kid, not the money you spend on him.

He’s addicted to ketamine. When that stops working, which it will, he’ll either OD or switch to stimulants like Trump and Hitler.

People with antisocial personality disorders tend to not like classical psychedelics as much as they let on. As it tends to be a humbling experience. Which is scary when you think the world revolves around you.

RFK Jr, who is likely to be our new head of health and human services, wants to ban it nationally.

They mostly ignored trans issues too aside from to punch back at Trump’s ads on sport networks.

And I say that as somebody that paid a lot of attention to those issues because I’m trans.

The Trump campaign spread hate speech about me and a ton of misinformation about my health care.

Should the Democrats have just said nothing?

The whole argument reminds me of gay men pretending like I don’t exist so they could advance their own rights, even though it was women like me that started the riots as Stonewall. Throwing trans comrades under the bus just like your post is doing.

Hate crimes went up 20% during Trump’s last term. Hate crime related murders were at a 28-year high.

Hate crimes went up 20% during Trump’s last term.

Hate crime related murder was at a 28 year high.

Stay safe comrades!

The FTC over the last two years has been going after corporations. But, anti-trust lawsuits take time. And I agree that they could have been more aggressive.

So, the issue wasn’t that the democrats weren’t doing anything and had no plans to do anything. It was that their messaging was shit. They should have directed more outrage at corporations and used fewer appeals to reason.

The rhetoric that works in a courtroom isn’t what wins elections, in other words.

Which is why I blame Biden for his pride and hubris. He should have stepped down, so a primary could have been run and the candidate, Harris or otherwise, had a better shot.

I’ve suspected this from before election night. And 100% wouldn’t be surprised.

And I’m hopeful an investigation lands Trump and Musk both in jail.