{"id":119221,"date":"2020-11-24T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/are-you-a-poet-googles-new-ai-will-help-rewrite-your-shit-prose\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T18:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:07:11","slug":"are-you-a-poet-googles-new-ai-will-help-rewrite-your-shit-prose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/are-you-a-poet-googles-new-ai-will-help-rewrite-your-shit-prose\/","title":{"rendered":"#Are you a poet? \/ Google\u2019s new AI will help \/ Rewrite your shit prose"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Are you a poet? \/ Google\u2019s new AI will help \/ Rewrite your shit prose<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n If you\u2019re an aspiring poet who doesn\u2019t know your sonnets from your stanzas, a new Google AI app<\/a> could transform you into a legendary wordsmith. Or at least, a decent impersonation of one.<\/p>\n

Verse by Verse<\/a> is described by the Big G as \u201can experimental AI-powered muse that helps you compose poetry inspired by classic American poets.\u201d It\u2019s powered by a combination of two machine learning models: a generator trained on lauded\u00a0poetry, and a second model that decides which of its verses would fit your next line.<\/p>\n

You can choose up to three classic poets as inspiration, and then select a poetic form, rhyme scheme, and syllable count for your creation. Finally, you feed the AI an opening line and let your muses complete the verse.<\/p>\n

I went for a mix of\u00a0Edgar Allan Poe,\u00a0the master\u00a0of horror; Phillis Wheatley, America\u2018s first published Black poet; and Emily Dickinson, whose fondness for self-isolation should provide timely inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t want to inhibit the creativity of my muses, so set the form to free-verse and the syllable count to any. For the first lines, I stole a jolly refrain from the perfect poem for pandemic life:\u00a0A Litany in the Time of Plague<\/em> by Thomas Nashe.<\/p>\n

I am sick, I must die.
Lord have mercy on us!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Credit: Google<\/figcaption>
<\/a>Poe was particularly adept at encapsulating the spirit of the age.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google suggests treating the poets as partners who offer suggestions rather than instructions. But like most attempts to squeeze creativity out of AI, the results are more imitation than inspiration. Nonetheless, it\u2019s a welcome effort to introduce more people to poetry \u2014 and\u00a0could give lazy verse-makers a\u00a0shortcut to success.<\/p>\n

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\n Published November 24, 2020 \u2014 15:07 UTC<\/p><\/div>\n