This Isn’t Just a This

I smell AI when I read

“She wasn’t just a [noun], she was a [concept noun]”

Or similar “Not Just a This; Also a That” extra scoops of ideational ice cream

Well, I can do that too

This isn’t just an observation, it’s a poem

And that it doesn’t rhyme may make it not just a poem but an avant-garde anthem

But not just any anthem, an antithetical amalgam of thematic tics, anathema to artificial analogy, or, if you prefer, augmented dogma

That can beat up any AI (Algorithmic Idler) with one metaphorical hand tied behind her correlative back

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There are many other earmarks of AI laziness

One is based on the “Tell them what you’re going to tell them; tell them; then tell them what you told them” crap we learned in high school

(That last six words were homage to Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome”)

Another is cherry-picking of biographical anecdotes

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It is less than creative writing to follow a formula or three

(Fun fact: “Formulaic” sounds a lot like “form mule laic”)

And you just can’t make this stuff up, AI

Because pattern recognition

Defies ignition

And doesn’t let you make up stuff