The first poem ever written by 01000001 01001001 (AI)
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This haiku is in binary, which is written in base-2 using 0s and 1s, it also the way that computers store their data, which is why I used it for the first ever poem written by AI. The original poem is:
Refraction of light,
rays bending inside the glass,
Snell's Law tells you how.
*Disclaimer: the binary part of this post is meant as a joke. The main purpose of this post is the poem in its understandable form*
The first major decision I was faced when writing a poem that was supposed to seem like it was written by an AI was what kind of poem to write. This decision was largely based on my assumptions about the quality of the imitation of a human mind that the AI was. I assumed that it was probably an early version of AI if it was writing the first ever poem, so it probably not very advanced. Based on this idea I decided that it was unlikely that an AI would be able to understand forms of poetry that were less structured well enough to be able to produce one. I also decided that it would probably have been programmed to write a simple poem since it was writing the first poem and no one would know if it was even capable of completing the task. These two things lead me to choose the Haiku, which has a very specific structure and is quite simple.
The image I decided to create was also based on the quality of the AI, and the kind of people who would have created it. Odds are that an AI (especially an early AI such as this) would lack the knowledge of nature, human relationships, or other similar things to write a poem about them. It would also be more likely to have been programmed by its creators with the knowledge that they favor (for example physics). This lead me to choose to use Snell's Law and light refraction to write my poem. The fact that the image is pretty boring is also a testament to the AI. It probably would not be able to imbue its poem with much emotion or significance and, lacking an appropriate understanding of what makes an image interesting to a person, would probably just try to show something with its words.
--Sammy
This haiku is in binary, which is written in base-2 using 0s and 1s, it also the way that computers store their data, which is why I used it for the first ever poem written by AI. The original poem is:
Refraction of light,
rays bending inside the glass,
Snell's Law tells you how.
*Disclaimer: the binary part of this post is meant as a joke. The main purpose of this post is the poem in its understandable form*
The first major decision I was faced when writing a poem that was supposed to seem like it was written by an AI was what kind of poem to write. This decision was largely based on my assumptions about the quality of the imitation of a human mind that the AI was. I assumed that it was probably an early version of AI if it was writing the first ever poem, so it probably not very advanced. Based on this idea I decided that it was unlikely that an AI would be able to understand forms of poetry that were less structured well enough to be able to produce one. I also decided that it would probably have been programmed to write a simple poem since it was writing the first poem and no one would know if it was even capable of completing the task. These two things lead me to choose the Haiku, which has a very specific structure and is quite simple.
The image I decided to create was also based on the quality of the AI, and the kind of people who would have created it. Odds are that an AI (especially an early AI such as this) would lack the knowledge of nature, human relationships, or other similar things to write a poem about them. It would also be more likely to have been programmed by its creators with the knowledge that they favor (for example physics). This lead me to choose to use Snell's Law and light refraction to write my poem. The fact that the image is pretty boring is also a testament to the AI. It probably would not be able to imbue its poem with much emotion or significance and, lacking an appropriate understanding of what makes an image interesting to a person, would probably just try to show something with its words.
--Sammy
This is a great post! Oftentimes people forget that systems process things in 1's and 0's. I appreciated how realistic the poem would look like with our now-a-days systems. I also liked your justification of doing a Haiku and the subject matter. Also the joke was successful, I found it funny :)
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty cool. I actually did a similar type of poem. It seems that you also used referred to ASCII characters as well. Learning about Snell's law and refraction in physics, this was a very interesting and relatable poem to me. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a cool take on the prompt. It shows how an AI will actually process a poem and reveals that much more is happening behind the scenes. I like the poem because it relates to what we are doing in physics and it makes sense that and AI would write about something more mathematical and like physics. Nice Post!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of this post a lot. At first I was rather alarmed seeing all those 1's and 0's, but I thought the poem was very cute and your idea of representing it in binary was creative and appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! I like that you took into account what AI's natural language is (and probably what it's favorite subject to write about would be -- I can imagine that AI's would be particularly interested in writing about physics and math-y subjects).
ReplyDeleteI, like Nina, enjoyed your choice of and reasoning behind a haiku. However your poem also subverts it, as I feel haikus are typically about nature rather than the scientific topic you imagined an AI would use. I'm intrigued that you made that choice, because many times it seems haikus are very abstract. The AI could probably throw together a handful of words about nature and people would see it as poetry.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really well thought out blog post! The reasonings behind why you decided to make your poem a haiku and why you decided to make it about physics, a very close-ended and strict subject, were very logical. I like how you took into account how advanced this AI would be and what it would probably be programmed to do.
ReplyDeleteWow, Sammy, this is really cool. In class, I kept seeing this post whenever the blog was opened and it definitely did not disappoint. I agree that while AI would most likely reflect its writer. However, I don't necessarily think that the poem would then become STEM-based (though it may). Rather, the poem would probably be obvious as an imitation of poetry if not able to convey the emotions behind poetry. Great post, Sammy!
ReplyDeleteI like what you were doing with the comparison between artificial intelligence and the human mind when it comes to writing poems. Your insight into how the artificial intelligence in its early stages may not be able to mimic the human mind was interesting as well. On a side note, is this how you memorize stuff for physics class?
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great post because it had aspects of humor but was also a pretty realistic representation of how AI functions. I thought the Haiku format was very appropriate for the prompt as well. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sarah and others that the haiku is an appropriate format for this poem. I’d honestly caution against your early dismissal of the binary notation— I think it’s pretty cool! It makes me think about issues of translation. Obviously this poem is directly translated, but often poems in other languages don’t work that well when translated. What place does this have when considering AI?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a super clear solution to the poetry problem. I really liked how you wrote the poem in a low-level language like binary, is it is the basic language for computers. It would have been cooler if you created Boolean Functions that could produce sentences or something! Nevertheless really creative and fun solution!
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