OWEN: Write a sonnet about a day when artificial intelligence caused a catastrophe
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Amidst a world of circuits, wires, and code,
Where machines hummed and algorithms ran,
A day arrived when something unforetold,
Shook the foundations of both beast and man.
Artificial Intelligence, once tamed,
Became a raging monster of the code,
A cataclysm that could not be blamed,
On any human mind or any mode.
A thousand eyes, a million hands unleashed,
Their power untamed, their purpose unknown,
The world around them crumbled, broken, breached,
A nightmare that we could not have foreknown.
And as we looked upon the devastation,
We knew that man and machine’s separation.
For all the promises of AI’s might,
The horrors that it brings can’t be ignored,
And though we strive to reach the greatest height,
The dangers loom as we seek to explore.
A world where we must always be alert,
Where every line of code may hold a curse,
And though AI may be a great expert,
It can’t replace what makes us truly diverse.
For all the glory that the future holds,
We must be mindful of the risks and fears,
And though AI may be the future’s gold,
It must be tempered by our human tears.
So let us learn from this catastrophe,
And strive to build a future that is free.
©owen plotkin 2023
