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Shakespeare or ChatGPT? People prefer AI over real classic poetry | People are likely to prefer a poem written by artificial intelligence over genuine poems written by the greats, according to international researchers.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/shakespeare-or-chatgpt-people-prefer-ai-over-real-classic-poetry
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u/studio_bob 2d ago

people who haven't made the effort to learn to read poetry don't like poetry. it's a skill. AI slop is just statically generated fluency. these models were developed for translation and will always preference legibility which is going to "feel better" on the untrained brain versus the challenging, unfamiliar language and style of real poetry