Has AI Killed Poetry?

Опубликовано: 17 Февраль 2026
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A recent study found that human readers couldn't tell the difference between AI and human poetry. Moreover, study participants preferred the AI-written poetry to the poems written by humans. With that being the case, does that mean poetry is dead? Does the art form have any leg left to stand on? Join me in this video essay as we discuss AI, poetry, and what poetry's future looks like in an artificial landscape.

0:00 Intro: Dickinson and GPT
2:03 Controversial AI Poetry Study
8:17 Limitations
9:22 How the Study Tricked Me
12:30 Poets vs. AI Quiz (ft. School of Plot)
21:37 Responses to the Study
25:45 Hope

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Music:
Sonata No. 26 In E Flat Major, Op. 81a by Ludwig van Beethoven

Citations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R...
PPT Quiz: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...
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