Is AI better than Shakespeare? People resonate better with deepfake poems because they are “more beautiful” and easy to understand: “Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake”

Is AI better than Shakespeare? People  resonate better with deepfake poems because they are "more beautiful" and easy to understand: "Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake"

What you need to know

  • A new study by the University of Pittsburgh reveals that users can’t demystify AI-generated deepfakes from authentic work as AI models become advanced and more sophisticated.
  • The study’s findings revealed that five poems rated as authentic were AI-generated, and the four poems rated as AI-generated were authentic from seasoned poets like William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson.
  • Participants attributed their preference for AI-generated poems to the work being “more beautiful” and easy to understand.

As someone who’s spent decades navigating the ever-evolving digital landscape, I must say that this latest development with AI-generated content leaves me both intrigued and slightly alarmed. The University of Pittsburgh study revealing people can’t distinguish between AI-written poems and those penned by seasoned poets like Shakespeare and Dickinson is nothing short of mind-boggling!


“Don’t blindly believe; check the facts,” emphasized Jack Dorsey, co-founder and ex-CEO of X (Twitter). He cautioned that distinguishing deepfakes from reality could grow tougher as artificial intelligence advances. He advises personal experience and self-learning as crucial skills in the coming five to ten years due to advancements in image and video creation, deep fakes. “You won’t be able to tell what’s true and what’s false,” he said.

This week, numerous online articles have implied that leading AI research facilities such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are facing difficulties constructing sophisticated AI models. The primary reason seems to be a scarcity of top-tier content for training purposes, along with diminishing yields from their substantial investments in the field. However, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has disputed these claims, asserting that there is no limit or ceiling to what they can achieve.

In a different study, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that people struggle to tell apart poems created by an AI from those penned by renowned poets such as William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. On average, over 78% of participants rated AI-generated poems higher than human-written ones from well-known poets.

The research found that readers tended to prefer AI-created poems as they were deemed “more aesthetically pleasing” and simpler to comprehend. In this experiment, over 1,600 participants were presented with various poems (some AI-generated and others authentic works from poets), and they were asked to select their favorites.

It’s intriguing that AI-created poems received higher ratings in various qualitative categories such as flow, aesthetics, and emotional resonance. People found these AI poems to have a superior rhythm and more captivating beauty compared to traditional ones, according to The Rundown AI.

The research indicates that artificial intelligence is swiftly advancing and excelling at performing specific duties, such as text creation. However, it’s worth noting that a significant number of study participants (58.5%) mistakenly believed AI-generated poems to be authentic works, while they were correct just over half the time (51.7%).

According to study author Dr Brian Porter from the University of Pittsburgh:

The findings indicate that individuals often struggle to recognize poems produced by artificial intelligence, and surprisingly, these AI-created poems are usually considered more human-like compared to poems written by humans. In fact, AI-generated poems have a higher chance of being mistaken for human work than the human-written poems themselves.

The poems that the participants considered least likely to have been created by a human actually came from experienced poets, while the ones they thought resembled human work more closely were actually generated by artificial intelligence.

Has AI infiltrated the creative art industry?

Is AI better than Shakespeare? People  resonate better with deepfake poems because they are "more beautiful" and easy to understand: "Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake"

This year, a study suggested that AI could soon displace roles held by professionals in the construction sector, such as architects and interior designers, due to the growing use of advanced image generation tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, which are fueled by DALL-E 3 technology.

However, the theory has critical flaws. AI tools are great at generating sophisticated structural designs in seconds, but they fail at tasks like creating a plain white image.

In a different setting, an artist who sparked debate by clinching a painting competition in Colorado asserts that he’s being financially disadvantaged due to individuals destroying his AI-created artworks without permission or remuneration. Interestingly, following complaints from fellow contenders about the use of AI in winning the contest, he declared he had no regrets for his victory. “I won fair and square, and I didn’t breach any rules. This isn’t ending anytime soon. Art as we knew it is gone, man. It’s history. AI has triumphed. Humans have lost.

More recently, an ultra-artistic humanoid AI-powered robot called Ai-Da generated a painting of famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, which was auctioned at over $1 million. The initial estimated price for the AI-generated painting was between $120,000 and $180,000. After making the sale, the auction house indicated it “marks a moment in the history of modern and contemporary art and reflects the growing intersection between AI technology and the global art market.”

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2024-11-15 23:39