guy complains, ‘tough toast’
would sir like a steak-knife
for the smashed avo?
Waiterly wit
Monthly Archives: Feb 2023
Riffing off Kerouac
walking down the road
by myself with fiery thoughts
they're my burning bush
~
driving down the road
with number two son charlie
a ginsberg of sorts
~
marching down the road
with number one son alex
generous granite track
‘A system error occurred’
where's the composer
mumbling feint lines in my head
who then buggas-off
Culture cliff note: to bugga-off is to leave unceremoniously without notice or permission. The phrase ‘Bugga-off!’ can be issued as a directive, one best not ignored.
CatChat
pudsa and lulu
invited to chat on Teams
avoid eye contact
Yes, the kids booked face-time with their cats. But Puddington and Sugar Lulu were more interested in what’s going on outside the window than gazing at their human counterparts on the screen.
Breathing in sunshine
a brisk morning walk
sunshine illuminates mind
gums revive spirit
‘AI’ wrote this one instead:- https://davidwdon.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/fall-for-a-i/
A list; Bee list
over sentient heads
pink white heaven and green
paradise for bees
Sweet flowering gumtree
honey bees gather
two dining at table for eight
take out for their queen
Fall for A I
I started a dialogue with ChatGPT about a haiku for a picture with the morning sun streaming through a stand of gumtrees. But a system error occurred, and when we re-engaged, the following unfamiliar verse was offered instead of what we had been working on.
I’ve changed the first line (which was a bland ‘The autumn leaves fall’) to link the rustle of leaves to ‘whispering’, which opens line two. I added a title, removed unnecessary punctuation and changed any Caps to lower case. It’s quite a pleasing haiku. I don’t know who ChatGPT was doing it for, but here it is
autumn leaves rustle
whispering secrets of change
nature’s artistry
This unrelated photo of gumtrees is included for fun.
Forward ho!
gumtrees stand in line
with clear light blue sky above
the perfect frontier
Charles Harpur, Australian author of ‘Forward ho!’, may have inadvertently encouraged the gung ho destruction of indigenous land and culture with his c1865 poem, despite its theme of fighting for liberty and fraternity. When prompted, ChatGPT3 suggested that its message of persistence might be relevant to those seeking to redress remaining inequities and injustices today.
https://www.poeticous.com/charles-harpur/forward-ho?locale=es
It’s a rainy day, Jimi
images, from clouds
seen, here in my coffee cup
there, when drawn in
Cats napping
kids on vacation
two cats on holiday here
might as well retire
Rapid shot
water beats camera
shutter speed doesn’t matter
still photo magnet
Jan 4, 2023
Melbourne – art, sport and culture capital of Australia
a corkscrew of cloud
pulls out a fine vintage day
drama in the air
Is that silvery spot a full moon, a balloon or what?
Meteoric fall
not a spy balloon
not chinese weather research
not blown out of sky
The magical appearance of dandelions
such lovely blow ins
bees delighted by bonus
mowing deferred
The whole yard is covered with flowers
Playground ratpack
addicted to chips *
corellas, gulls, pigeons
not Sinatra's pack
* Chips being French Fries
Maybe ChatGPT has opinions
I asked ChatGPT for a Haiku lampooning Rupert Murdoch with an alt_truth theme. Maybe it has good lawyers as well as opinions.
Fox in a suit, deceit
Alt-truth, his empire's feat
Minds he bends with might
Some other WordPress bloggers who have written about ChatGPT
PROG BOT: VINYL CONNECTION DIVES INTO AI
https://wp.me/p3rdHb-3vn
Alice and Sparkle, by Jeff Cann
https://wp.me/p6UJE2-2ax
Prompting debate, by Bill Pearse
https://wp.me/pB4YB-b9a
ChatGPT “there’s currently no source of truth” by Blake Mouse
https://wp.me/pe2t7x-fZ
AI operating principle #222432454
do us a favour
exaggerate for readers
no votes in conscience
An untitled draft that I parked a while back that seems worth releasing, what with ChatGPT so much in the news.
davidwdon 
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