I enjoy writing poetry but it seems as if I have become redundant. The role of the inspired poet seems to have disappeared into the trash heap of History along with the dinosaurs.

This is particularly now that AI has arrived in the form of chatGPT. Usually it takes me an hour or two - on a good and inspired day that is - to compose a poem with rhyming couplets. Now chat gpt can do it in a second or two.

That's many times faster than my feeble human brain. I could ask chat g to write hundreds of poems in the time it takes for me as a human to compose one single poem.

Here for example is a poem written and titled by the Chat gbt app on my phone. It's a pleasant little song or ballad. I gave chat gbt some basic prompts to compose and anthem that could be sung as a song that would unite the world. I wanted something uplifting and inspiring that could bring a sense of Unity like that old classic titled "W Are the World".

And within a few seconds chat GPT came up with this interesting song without much further input from me. I asked it to edit the last verse slightly and to give it a title, and that was it. I didn't bother to edit or reword any of the stanzas.

Of course as an inspired artist or writer one may have the creative urge within and wish to express that creativity, as is natural in the human psyche. But now that element is overshadowed by AI.

Why should I bother to twist my brain into turning out some creative work of art when the chatbot can do it in a fraction of the time? And this was of course just a little creative experiment. Imagine what other people are doing with this chat GPT tool.

Entire books could be written. Entire volumes of poetry could be composed in a day. It leaves me speechless, pun nintended. As a result it can leave the creatively inspired poet or artist somewhat deflated. I can't really be bothered to churn out any creative work anymore, now that AI can do it all for me.

Anyway, I'll share the song that I prompted here with you now. If I put more time into it I might edit it somewhat so that the ideas are more in line with my personal viewpoint. But at this stage poetry is merely art for art's sake.

Maybe I will find a melody of my own and sing this AI ballad as an inspiring anthem around which the entire world can Unite. But I don't think I'll bother. The world is all going to the dogs anyway. I don't see any ballad or anthem being able to unite people anymore at the stage in history. The planet is on its way into the pits of Hell if you ask me, but that's probably just my age and cynical mind weathered and worn out my the tribulations of life on Earth has seen in the conditions around us today. And also has seen in the trajectory of History that has led us to the point Here and Now.

I think AI chat bots will make us dumber in time, much like the invention of the calculator. It speeds up tasks but makes our brain lazy.

So let AI take over all the creative writing jobs as well as musical composition and I'll sit back and watch it all unfold from my deckchair on the Titanic, while the band plays on, singing My Song after I'm long gone.

Ethereal Symphony - a song by GPT

In the realm where dreams take flight,
Underneath the stars so bright,
A melody of hope shall rise,
Boundless spirit, reaching skies.

From every land, a voice rings clear,
A chorus bold, dispelling fear,
In unity, our hearts entwine,
In harmony, our souls align.

Through trials faced, our spirits soar,
Defying limits, seeking more,
Together, we shall stand as one,
A symphony beneath the sun.

With every note and every word,
In every heart, a song is heard,
Embrace the joy that love unfurls,
Let's paint the world in vibrant swirls.

So let the rhythm set us free,
Embracing all diversity,
We'll sing this anthem loud and strong,
Uniting hearts, where we belong.

Inspirations bloom, passions ignite,
Guiding us through darkest night,
With hope as our eternal guide,
We'll journey on, side by side.

So let us raise our voices high,
In this anthem that will unify,
Inspired spirits soar and shine, Our world transformed in cosmic design.

Chorus
Ethereal Symphony, let our spirits fly, In unity's embrace, we reach the sky. Guided by hope, our hearts entwine, Ethereal Symphony, our souls align.

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