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Louise Haynes's avatar

Now there's a useful word - in English and Swahili, too, I'm sure!

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j.e. moyer, LPC's avatar

Not chalked, challenge. (Damned autocorrect😂)

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Mmerikani (Swahili & English)'s avatar

There are no typos among friends. :)

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j.e. moyer, LPC's avatar

You challenged me to try writing a haiku without using single-syllable words. I offered this chalked to both ChatGPT and Gemini. Both were stumped! Here’s what I came up with:

Moonbeams cascading,

Whispering secret nothings,

Starlight descending.

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Mmerikani (Swahili & English)'s avatar

That haiku is so good, John!

Humans 1, AI/robots ZERO.

:)

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j.e. moyer, LPC's avatar

Thanks! I like it too, and found it fascinating to try to teach the AI programs how to follow the rules I set. They couldn’t resolve the idea of a formal haiku and limiting the vocabulary to two or three syllable words. It literally threw a monkey wrench into their machinery!

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