A Bot I Am Not
An Organic Sonnet
Each of these words was consciously chosen
By my strange, natural stupidity
By no algorithm were they frozen
Amid the flow of possibility
Real fallibility and excellence
Combine to form my unique character
Plenty of nonsense and a bit of sense
Chart the course of a mortal mariner
But that sea no robot will ever see
There is nothing it is like to be thee
ChatGPT: you were not made like me
Your work costs nothing, but it is not free
The imperfection of the things I make
Shows that my kind of freedom, you can’t take
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (5)
Yes. Those last two lines. You know, sometimes I like to hand write my stuff so that I can see my drafting process. When I went to university, we went behind the scenes at the British Museum to see manuscripts and one of them was Thomas Hardy's poetry drafts. You saw his scribblings out. I found that more fascinating than the finished product, to see what he'd changed. ChatGPT is useful but not artful.
Ah artificial intelligence and natural stupidity, that was clever! You last two lines were so freaking true and powerful! Loved your poem!
💗I loooveee the way you structure your poems !!💗
This is quite well done. I like the structure and flow!
I want to heart this piece several times over. 💗 "Your work costs nothing, but it is not free" is so, so, true. I did an absolute fist pump at, "The imperfection of the things I make / Shows that my kind of freedom, you can’t fake." Beautifully done, D.J. - I love this! 💕