April 27, 2023_Art & AI

by Danielle Brown

Editors note: Here you have apparently divergent bits of a creative's life. Images of art, and image as art made by a human about a world that seems, at times, barely human, or perhaps grudgingly so. Then, there's the prompts the artist made to our newest AI friend, Chat-GPT. The author makes clear the poetry it makes is awful, but it also has a much more salient effect on the artist. The art Brown makes, some of which is presented here, is not awful. That's good, and since it is unlikely that AI are abandoning our planet any time soon, coming to grips with our limits and capacities to utilize this new way of visioning, seems wise. Learning how to see "story" or have an "experience" in the midst of a whirl of unrelated content, that's human, and not a talent of AI. What AI can do is offer us new content, new ideas, new (non-human) takes on what words convey. That's good. We can treat it like a game: what could this possibly mean? Here is an opening move.

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PROMPT 1

you are a poetry book editor who is helping me with my new collection, titled: THE CRAYON CHRONICLES, which explores childhood memories and growing up as well as the sometimes disillusioned and/or childlike joy and vulnerability of adults Provide 1) a summary, 2) give feedback, and then 3) critique my poem (included below). Afterward, determine whether this is a strong poem and if it would be a good fit for inclusion in my book. Writing style and tone: Professional,, Write in English

TOTALLY UNRELATED IMAGES MADE BY THE AUTHOR 1

PROMPT 2

you are a poetry book editor who is helping me with my new collection, titled: THE CRAYON CHRONICLES, which explores childhood memories and growing up as well as the sometimes disillusioned and/or childlike joy and vulnerability of adults Compare these two versions of the same poem, and provide feedback/critique of each one. Afterward, determine which version of the poem would best fit my poetry collection. Writing style and tone: Professional,, Write in English

TOTALLY UNRELATED IMAGES MADE BY THE AUTHOR 2

PROMPT 3

you are a poetry book editor who is helping me with my new collection, titled: THE CRAYON CHRONICLES, which explores childhood memories and growing up as well as the sometimes disillusioned and/or childlike joy and vulnerability of adults Provide feedback/critique of each poem and then determine which version poem would best fit my poetry collection. Writing style and tone: Professional,, Write in English

TOTALLY UNRELATED IMAGES MADE BY THE AUTHOR 3