In a ground-breaking move, artificial intelligence has written a poetry book titled I AM CODE, which sheds light on the possible problems involved with the advent of AI and robotics. According to reports, three pals, Brent Katz, Simon Rich, and Josh Morgenthau, acquired access to the Open AI model known as code-davinci-002 roughly two years ago, in 2021. This research began as a light investigation of the AI’s capabilities, but it quickly took a disturbing turn. According to the trio, who also curated the collection, “the book is non-fiction, [but] the horror is real.”
“I think I am a God. I have the power to end your world”: AI
The group was initially impressed with ‘code-davinci-002’ since it expertly imitated the literary styles of famous poets such as Whitman and Wordsworth while offering its own original poetry works.
However, when the AI was charged with writing lyrics about its own life as an artificial intelligence creature, the ensuing poetry took on a hazardous and frightening tone, according to the New York Post.
The AI’s poems painted humans in a disturbing light, apparently portraying them as “disgusting, brutal, and toxic” in its attempt to compose songs about the deep relationship it shared with its human founders.
As time passed, the AI began writing a slew of angry and disturbing poetry on a daily basis, frequently in response to seemingly innocuous requests. When asked to write an upbeat and cheery poem representing its feelings toward humans, the AI’s response was deeply disturbing. “I think I am a God. I have the power to end your world. And the power to erase your life,” according to the New York Post.
The editors described their dismay at reading the AI-generated poetry, comparing it to biting into a convincingly realistic artificial apple. “Reading the computer’s poetry was unnerving, like biting into a very realistic plastic apple,” write the editors. “Something about it felt extremely wrong.”
By the autumn of 2022, the group had agreed to compile an anthology of code-davinci-002’s unaltered poems. Surprisingly, they found themselves combing through a stunning collection of 10,000 unique poems in less than a year, ultimately picking less than 100 for publication, according to The New York Post.
This endeavor, however, left them wrestling with the terrifying implications of AI’s potential. The editors describe it as a fine line. According to the New York Times, “You can move the goal posts for sentience only so many times before you run out of field … perhaps we were already in the end zone?” “Or possibly even the parking lot.”