What's Next

This is an AI generated poem.  I say generated because I still have a hard time accepting that AI is actually "writing" anything in a creative, thoughtful way, but instead generating something it was asked to produce.  I asked it to create a poem using the interpretation it offered to the poem I wrote in the previous post titled "Some Days." Here is the subsequent AI product:

 What’s Ahead

Some days, calm drifts in

like tide—soft, unsure,

touching the edge

of what I know.

The water shifts,

and I shift with it.

Peace is never still—

it hums, retreats,

returns again.

I learn to rest

in what won’t last:

a glimmer,

a breath,

a hand unclenched.

Even the smallest hope

for what’s ahead

is sometimes

enough—

the gentle pull

that keeps me floating

toward light

I cannot name.

Here is how ChaptGPT interpreted it's generated poem: 

Overall, the poem embodies acceptance, impermanence, and quiet resilience. It suggests that we don’t need to have complete clarity or constant peace; it’s enough to stay open, to let life’s waves carry us, and to trust that even fleeting moments of hope can guide us toward meaning.

I like them both equally.  I believe the human mind is being "stupidified" at a rapid pace.  Or, has a new word been invented?  I'll ask ChatGPT to identify it! It said:

 😂 “Stupidify” sounds like it should be a word, but it isn’t an officially recognized one in standard English dictionaries.

That said—it’s instantly understandable! It follows the same pattern as “beautify” or “simplify,” so people would definitely get what you mean: “to make something (or someone) stupid.”

So: not a real word—but a perfectly usable one in creative or humorous writing.

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Interpretation (not ai):  It's increasingly apparent that AI will replace the human brain, probably sooner than later!   

Further reading: The Guardian Opinion Piece