13: Poets Know It
1. I believe AI writing is just plagiarism from multiple sources.
2. And AI written poetry is sacrilegious.
3. “There are people who want to know about everything in the minutest detail, like accountants or lawyers. But show a toe sticking out of a hole in a sock to a poet and it is enough to produce an image of the whole world in him.” Andrei Tarkovsky
4. The thought of actually having to pursue getting paid for writing regularly is like the thought of getting paid for lovemaking. Why spoil it like that?
5. Rising to what the moment calls for, that is the practice I’m interested in. More HERE.
6. “if you’re not ouija boarding immediately, you’re wasting time.” -John Mayer on writing songs
7. The last day of 2023, 12/31/23 was 123 123, as in Get ready. Get set. I love You. They say that only happens once a century.
8. Raising the roof and bringing it down. New Year’s Eve party at Dogtown Roadhouse with Music Road Co HERE.
9. The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots.
10. Search studies on my computer this week: Robert Oppenheimer, non-stick skillets the ending of Hunger Games explained.
11. Being so pared down isn’t always comfortable. It can trigger early childhood wounds that want tending. But, for me, the discomfort always passes and insight is something I’m always grateful for. Sun and moon. Breakfast and dinner. The arts. I keep in mind not to over-intellectualize. I keep it simple but don’t oversimplify. Curiosity is important. Beauty is salve. – More HERE.
12. “To say “yes” to the Prince of Peace, then, means saying “no” to war, to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly. To say “no” to war means saying “no” to weaponry.” – Pope Francis
13. “Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself.” – Unknown
_______ Thirteen Thursday
January 3rd, 2024 4:31 pm
I hear there are all sorts of groups and people suing the AI for scraping their work without permission. If only we lived in a society in which money wasn’t so necessary, the AI wouldn’t be such a threat.
January 4th, 2024 7:35 pm
I have played with the AI bots and the poetry they put out is perfectly awful. I can see where they may be useful as, say, a prompt, but that’s about it.