A I Poem

I cry between the lines, A.I. verse this will never be. I defy the artificial assembler of words to impersonate, to predict this in living color. Absent from its language database is the driving arousal, the hormonal passions defining my mind. It can’t know the meaning of hunger or the rush of adrenalin. It has never felt a sex drive or experienced an ******. Conditional A.I. can perform automated reasoning, Algorithmic rules like a script for a puppet. A.I. words are hollow placeholders applied according to a logic of learning supplied by humans. A.I. will repeat the learning routine until it masters the task, playing chess or imitating a poet. Artificial Intelligence never feels joy or grief, never sleeps, weeps, or dreams, knows not the flavors of ice cream or potatoes, lacks any wonder in the beauty of a spring day, cannot comprehend my primordial span of fervor. Despite the fatalism of high-tech CEOs, our extinction is a choice. Lacking agency or sentience, A.I. robots are no threat to the human race. Featured Poem in WordPress: March 30, 2024 Published on The Opiate Website: March 30, 2024

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Rob Carmack

Date: 1/15/2024 8:12:00 PM

As a Christian, I think the only thing that will save us from AI is God. He will end this age before AI can take over. I think the only holding AI back now is lack of proximity. Robotics is not incorporated into our daily lives enough. Once robotics is common in the home, in the workplace, society, etc, AI will take over. It must. We are too selfish, corrupt, etc for AI to allow us to remain in control. I know of no case in which a superior life form allows an inferior to rule absolutely.

Thomas Wells
Date: 1/30/2024 12:23:00 PM

Hi Rob, thank you for your comments. It's good to read your perspective. I don't think AI will destroy us unless we allow it to. We have it within our power to prevent AI from being anything but a powerful tool. At present, AI lacks agency and sentience. If we destroy AI, it will not protest or fight back. It is an unconscious human mimicking program with many applications. We can decide what AI will be in the future. Be well! :-)

Daniel Turner

Date: 3/27/2023 5:48:00 PM

Well written, Thomas. You had me on board until the last line. However, I thnk I know what you mean:) I liked this poem because I am one who is interested in AI. (IMO) It will destroy us all eventually.

Thomas Wells
Date: 3/27/2023 11:15:00 PM

Thank you for your support. You may understand AI far better than I. Humans have an emotional life unavailable to AI and rooted in our biological evolution. It is an important reason why a sense of self has never emerged from AI. Unlike a human infant, it lacks the natural ego impulse that develops from our emotions. Take care, Daniel!