we must stand ever guarded—
against the erosion of morality
Tag: writing
~A Rose by Any Other Name~
They say
that in poetry
one can confess
all their sins
be freed from
their past
and start again
but these words
I write
won’t last long enough
to be remembered
no matter how hard
I try to hide them
behind flowery prose
they will never
smell like a rose
Be Careful What You Ask
I asked a simple question to Google's version of AI. I received what might be mistaken as an accurate answer.
My Question: "How long did it take for all 50 states to ratify the 19th amendment to the US Constitution.
This is the answer I recieved:
The 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote took approximately 19 years to be ratified by all 50 states. The amendment was first passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 21, 1919, and required 36 states to ratify it. The final state to ratify was Tennessee on August 18, 1920.
Problem: Tennessee was only the 36th state to ratify it. The second major problem is— if you add 19 years to 1919 then it would be 1938 when all 50 states ratified it. We did not have 50 states in 1938.
So when you hear our current president say he uses AI to help him make decisions on world affairs, know that he is not getting the true story. But then, it probably is still much better than what he gets from his band of amateur advisors.
when AI answers
humans must still interpret—
skip the middle man
I Don’t Know
This is a senryu
or maybe it’s a haiku—
I can never tell
~Writing Poetry
I have my dictionary, a thesaurus and a laptop filled with billions of pieces of information at my fingertips. There’s a staggering number of words, and combinations of words, hidden in my keyboard. Like scrabble pieces spread out on the table, all I need to do is lay them down in the right order, at the right time, and with the right flow to create the right image. Aah, this should be easy.
writing is easy
getting your words to make sense
is the hardest part
Jerry Brotherton 