Ann Peck Poet Rhyme

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August 12, 2025

For the contest: "AI: Panacea or Pain" by Simon Rogerson

Is AI Friend or Foe

Is AI a staunch friend with double face
that whispers “I love you, but will replace
Do its words capture a thought we just had
write it much better; if so, why be mad

 Its chest of words is much greater by far 
synonym surplus, its door stands ajar
by the way, their paintings lovely, also
Can there be wrong in the things they bestow

In our minds linger a strong scence of fear
as the future is becoming more clear
If our brains become inactive, then stall
AI will, in a word, shrug as we fall

Shadows fall on the words we try to mix
AI will ask,  “why do humans exist”
Perhaps our love affair should be erased
Before we become only Unused Space

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Simon Rogerson September 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM Dear Ann, Many congratulations on gaining a place in my AI poetry contest. I like the clever way you dismissed the concept of a technological tool becoming a friend. Best wishes Simon Ann Peck September 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM Thank you, Simon. Actually, I fear AI will ensure our minds will stall because we'll stop thinking. Your contest was fun and the poems interesting!

Andrea Dietrich August 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM Personally I want to go backwards in time to when it did not exist. It will be our destruction as our jobs are taken over by it. Nicely expressed, Ann Ann Peck August 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM Oh, I do, too! To a kinder, more gentle world, where humans cared about each other. Alas, we've tasted the "golden fruit."

Gary Radice August 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM Much food for thought Ann. Loved the poem. When it comes to poetry I'd say that AI is not entirely 'the end of the word' as long as people admit to using it. Its presence though does sap much of my enthusiasm for the subject of poetry. When it comes to medicine I envisage great advances. I stand with both you and John.and say on the whole I'm fearful. Fearful for the devestation to things like the world's labour force. Cheers - Gary Ann Peck August 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM That's it exactly, Gary. Its "brain" much faster, with more knowledge stored, how can we compete? Will we become a world of humans who have no thoughts, wise or beautiful, to share, and will we care? Thanks, Gary

John Loving Iii August 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM I like the rhyming but the subject is fearful. were all being replaced. but some of us are irreplaceable like those who handle children. And we all know AI can only pretend emotion. Ann Peck August 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM I think it's fearful, too. We live in difficult times: do we choose AI for the assistance it can give, or suppress it because of the devastation we may allow it to cause.