Ep 172: Less Human Than Human, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Send your AMA questions to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
– When Good Becomes Too Good: The Curious Case of AI Poetry by John Nosta
– AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably by Brian Porter and Edouard Machery
– The complete set of data and experimental materials from the Porter and Machery study
– The complete set of poems used in the Porter and Machery study
– ChatGPT’s Poetry Is Incompetent and Banal by Ernest Davis
– Game Changer by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan
– Ep 101: Lucky Ruins, ft. Stephen Marche
– Justin Vernon with (also a bold revival of pop-music saxophone) and without (a real delight if you’re a Bonnie Raitt fan) Auto-Tune
Frequently mentioned names:
Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
