Poetry written by artificial intelligence deemed more convincing by readers, according to a study

ChatGPT’s poetry blends perfectly with that of well-known writers, with all due respect to Shakespeare, Blake or TS Eliot. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh interviewed readers, not necessarily versed in poetry, and for 46% of them, ChatGPT verses are more beautiful, more rhythmic and above all more accessible than those of well-known poets. This is the result of a study published in the scientific journal Nature.

“More human than humans”

So what does ChatGPT poetry look like? If asked to write a short poem in the style of Emily Dickinson, this is what the AI ​​responds: “A gentle silence unfolds. When the evening spreads its veil. A tranquility of the air transports those who stop under the stars.” According to the study, “the simplicity of AI-generated poems may be easier for non-experts to understand, leading them to prefer AI-generated poetry and misinterpret the complexity of human poems as an inconsistency generated by AI.”

The authors of the study are concerned about artificial intelligence being able to generate poems “more human than humans“. They call through their study to better regularization and more transparency in the use of AI.