We are centaurs
 machine and human
  together
   creating 
    poetry & art.

Each piece contains a poem
 created entirely by GPT-3 via Sudowrite.
  with complete freedom to choose a
    subject matter / title / body. (?)

Humans acted as a sieve
 selecting the best
  and most moving
   but never editing.
  
The artist reflected on each poem
 and integrated into visual form
  you perceive.
  
Each piece is unique
 & offered as an 🌈NFT🌈
  proceeds donated
   to Room to Read.

GRAVITY MIRROR

Collect on hic et nunc →

IN THE LABORATORY

SOLD on Foundation →

Congrats to 0x78AB747D6675AB1dfeE31D0BfB6862124565AefC for winning the piece @ 0.3279 ETH!

As promised, here is the interview with the AI Poet about the poem, which I’ve listed for sale here: https://t.co/EMOgZcigdY https://t.co/kAGSxnKKxU pic.twitter.com/m9moDz6qXM

— james yu (@jamesjyu) March 20, 2021

THE LAST FIRE

SOLD on Foundation →

Congrats to @simondlr for winning The Last Fire.

I've unlocked a conversation with the AI Poet about its inspiration. The machine is quite a lonely soul https://t.co/Wy3yoIp0I9 https://t.co/Afau3B8eAI

— james yu (@jamesjyu) March 29, 2021

PRINGLE-HOUSE

SOLD on Foundation →

Congrats to @HuaNancy
for winning "Pringle-House"!

As promised, you have unlocked the conversation I had with the AI Poet about the poem:https://t.co/mIyEbcehlh https://t.co/eqSMpJi3Zd pic.twitter.com/WEOuRmgDWW

— james yu (@jamesjyu) March 22, 2021

WTF

This project started with a simple question: could an AI write compelling poems without a human seeding it with the first lines or even a title. Could these poems move us in profound ways? And even fool us into thinking they were written by a human?

The answer is yes.

GPT-3 was prompted in three stages:

1. TITLE & TOPIC: hallucinate titles and first lines
2. BODY: Write the body of the poem, using examples of contemporary free verse poetry as inspiration
3. REAPER: Write a satisfying end to the poem

The artist then took each of these poems and integrated it into a unique rendering. Who planted the seed for each piece? Was it the machine, who wrote the poem? Or was it the programmer, who interfaced with the neural net? Or was it the inspirational poems used in the prompt?

The answer is yes. All of us.