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Love it or hate it; it has its uses

Blog Posted by Terry Flood: 7/25/2025 5:05:00 PM

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Kyser Avatar
July 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I love letting Suno write music to go with my own poems. And sometimes, the music gives me ideas for adding verses/refrains. Much fun, and absolutely amazing what humans come up with in the form of these programs!!!
Radice Avatar
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Jeff Suno is good if you are a paid member but there’s something I read on Google that irks: “If you make music with the Basic (free) plan, Suno is the owner of the songs. You are allowed to use the songs for non-commerical purposes. If you make songs while subscribed to the Pro or Premier plan, you own the songs. Further, you are granted a commercial use license to monetize those songs.” I remain confused by who owns the lyrics in each plan. I say tread carefully. Cheers - Gary
Anderson Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Yes I agree wholeheartedly => the embellishments add to the enjoyment of the readers of the poem. One additional benefit is for the author. Hearing it sung as a draft can help improve the meter and rhythm of the poem. Cheers!
Lane Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Terry, it's my opinion that your use of AI to enhance a poet's words is a lovely and acceptable way of using it. AI is not a double-edged sword for only if it's used in writing that's passed off as human does it cut and despoil poetry.
Manassian Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I add my voice to Constance and Andrea. Thank you for this blog. It mirrors my sentiments exactly. Poems have to be free of AI wording or else what's the point?
Flood Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I think we’re all on the same page Eileen. I only hope that as AI gets even erm… cleverer, that the AI checkers will do too.
Dietrich Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It's only the poetry itself being AI that upsets me. Hardly anyone is mentioning illustrations and music here. They are nice but not Soup's focus. I think most people think as I do.
Godwin Avatar
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If any of us were a musician or artist, we would object. Like poets, in time they won't be needed.
Dietrich Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I think anything like that makes one's writing stand out. Keep it up, Terry.
Flood Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I only mentioned non-writing elements of AI in defence of their use in association with our writings. My own rum and raisin poems feature images of two AI kittens which I borrowed on the basis that you can’t copyright AI. I also thought people might fancy having a dabble with those text-to-song apps ;-)
La France Avatar
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Terry, I agree as long as your words are not AI, for me it does not matter if the music, video, or images are AI, it is the words that must be a poet's/writers real words ~
Ibeh Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Yes! I agree with this 100%, Constance.
Flood Avatar
July 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I think, the first time one sees what a bunch of bits and bytes can do, musically, with one’s writing… astounded is about right. Alas, as in poetry, these apps can not only put music to your lyrics, but apparently they can write the lyrics for you. What’s the point? I hear you ask. My reply… “Search me!”

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