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Machine: the Final Chapter

Computer Bits, bytes, ones, zeros So Charles and Ada conceive - IT’s Pandora’s box Robot Man and beast replaced Same task over and over - Objective carnage AI Boolean bible Artificial ignorance - Logical ending Evolutionary finale – Armageddon! This Haiku set follows on from the Evolutionary Sequel haikus. It appeared in Rogerson, S., 2020. Poetical potentials: the value of poems in social impact education. ACM Inroads, 11(1), pp.30-32. doi.org/10.1145/3381025. In 2022, it was published in PS: It's Still Poetry

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/6/2022 11:34:00 AM

love this example for your contest.

Simon Rogerson
Date: 2/7/2022 1:13:00 AM

thanks Andrea

Joanna Daniel

Date: 2/3/2022 6:00:00 AM

Very brilliant set of haikus, Simon:)

Simon Rogerson
Date: 2/3/2022 6:48:00 AM

That is lovely of you to write this. Glad you enjoyed them.

Franci Hoffman

Date: 6/10/2020 2:32:00 PM

You're a master of Haiku, Simon!

Simon Rogerson
Date: 6/11/2020 3:30:00 AM

Too kind! Simon

John Watt

Date: 6/9/2020 10:49:00 AM

Simon, I find these haiku brilliant. Charles and Ada conceive, IT's Pandora's box (with the IT serving a double purpose), Boolean Bible, Artificial ignorance, all of it. Amazing write ~ John

Simon Rogerson
Date: 6/11/2020 3:30:00 AM

Thanks for your kind words -Simon