An insightful article entitled “what it means to be human in an age of intelligent machines”, https://thepoetspeace.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/what-it-means-to-be-human-in-an-age-of-intelligent-machines/.
I think the author makes some excellent points. However, whilst artificial intelligences (AIS) can vacuum up vast amounts of data (the poetry of John Keats, William Shakespeare Etc) and produce a “poem” from that data, it does not comprehend what it is doing. Nor does it feel real emotion.
In contrast, the poet on hearing the song of the blackbird as the dusk comes down is profoundly moved. He feels sadness mingled with joy and the overflowing of his emotions leads to the composition of poetry. Whilst an AI may vacuum up the poet’s work and produce a poem based on it, the poem (and the other poems utilised by the AI in the composition of it’s poem) have, for want of a better word, been stolen. The AI feels nothing and comprehends nothing.
K Morris - Poet 
Adding the word Intelligence is wrong. It’s not intelligent. It can only do what it’s been programmed to do, and read a lot of information in a fraction of a second. Then it can use that info to do what it’s been told to do.
It can’t write a poem or a novel in its own voice; just mimic the voices of others.
Adding the word Intelligence only serves to make it sound scary. Great for Sci-fi writers, though.
I agree with you Vivienne. At least for the foreseeable future I don’t believe that machines will become capable of becoming truly creative/creating genuinely original works.
Thanks for commenting. Kevin
You are right, Kevin, about AI having no emotions. Poets use their emotions and senses to write. Your example of a poet hearing “the song of the blackbird as the dusk comes down” is excellent. I really like that line. I don’t believe a machine can actually WRITE. What it’s doing is production, same as in a factory. Humans have a soul. Machines never will!
Thank you for commenting, Kay. You put it well when you say that machines have no soul. I, personally, am an agnostic. However, I think that there is something uniquely special about humans. We possess emotions and I can understand and respect those who hold that this equates to having a soul. Thanks again for commenting.
I totally agree with Vivienne! AI is only the usage of big data with much more bigger machines. In the past the usage of this data was neither allowed nor had anyone the possibility collecting them. Best wishes, Michael
Thanks for commenting, Michael. You and Vivienne both make good points.
I agree 100%. Just because a machine can process data rapidly and produce content doesn’t make it intelligent or human.
Thank you for your comment Liz. You are right, many people confuse the rapidity with which a machine can process data with real intelligence. The 2 are not the same, although some jobs will (and are already going) as a consequence of “AI”.
You’re welcome, Kevin.