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Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#1 Post by hkv » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:38 pm

Finally Friday and I wanted to share this poem with you. I asked the newly release artificial intelligence chatbot "ChatGPT" to write a poem about microscopy and search for the unknown. This is what it came up with:

Through the lens of a microscope
We explore the world unknown
From cells and microbes small
To the secrets of it all

With curious minds and careful hands
We uncover the beauty of this land
In the world unseen by human eyes
A world of wonder and surprise

Each discovery a treasure to behold
As we unravel the stories of the old
From the tiniest of creatures to the biggest of cells
Through microscopy, our knowledge swells

So let us delve into the unknown
And see what secrets we can hone
For in the world of microscopy
There is a world of mystery.
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Re: Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#2 Post by WWWW » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:54 pm

Wow, very impressive :o

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#3 Post by imkap » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:14 pm

I think it will be pretty devastating if we start accepting art made by robots. Although we're probably already doing it unknowingly...
We're doomed.

Some say it is the only thing differentiating us from (other) animals...

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Re: Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#4 Post by Chas » Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:28 pm

Thanks for pointing to this.
Here is an Ode to the Microscope in the style of William Shakespear:
ChatGPT Ode to a microscope .jpg
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Re: Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#5 Post by Dennis » Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:31 am

https://www.microbehunter.com/microscop ... 04#p126887

I gave a Eulogy at Stretch's funeral.

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#6 Post by PeteM » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:57 am

imkap wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:14 pm
I think it will be pretty devastating if we start accepting art made by robots. Although we're probably already doing it unknowingly...
We're doomed.

Some say it is the only thing differentiating us from (other) animals...
Thanks HKV and imkap.

As for art and AI - it's not just poems. Here's a two year old try of GPT at writing news stories. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... icle-gpt-3 And AI is now making some decent graphic works.

A colleague (quantum computing researcher) suggests that we humans may eventually port ourselves from a carbon-based life form to silicon-based ones. His point - and he might be right - is that this is a possible next step in the evolution of mankind.

Seems kids already can't exist independently of their cell phones, Fitbits, and earphones. We're also implanting digital ears, pacemakers, devices to control tremors and seizures, digital insulin pumps, and the like. In a way, we're already hybrid computers, with things like neurons somewhat digital components and neurotransmitters and hormones analog components -- and now implanting or at least hand-holding or attaching digital aids. Some of our arts are already hybrid human-digital collaborations. Theater lighting, sound effects, CGI effects in films, digital photography, music mastering, spelling and grammar checking, etc. etc.

One thing we humans can do is seek out new information, while today's AI systems pretty much need to have it shoveled into them by the Terabyte. It will be a while before an AI system and a general purpose robot get better at, say, collecting pond samples and imaging them one day - drawing tentative conclusions - and buying or building a better pond net or microscope the next day. At the simplest level, Amazon (or all its AI and cloud computing prowess) can't even seem to get robots to pack boxes all that well.

FWIW, the energy output of something like a furry gray ATP-powered mouse is in the same ballpark energy-output wise as a Li ion or NiMH battery weighing about the same. Unlike the Li ion battery, the mouse will seek out its own sources of "rechargeable" energy -- and then (like a rechargeable battery) be able to do this hundreds of "recharge" cycles. Hundreds of daily recharge cycles in which it may also have reproduced (remanufactured!) itself multiple times, ample renewable energy sources willing.

Carbon-based life is likely to hold its own (our hubris with respect to climate, politics, WMD etc. notwithstanding) -- but perhaps increasingly aided (or pushed over some metaphoric cliff?) by the silicon versions??

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#7 Post by hkv » Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:24 pm

Yes, very interesting times. The first step for true AI is to become aware of its own existence and then it can start improving itself in pace much faster than we are likely to be able to control. The human intelligence is somewhat limited due to the size of the female pelvis. The newborn's brain needs to pass that limit space/opening and Homo sapiens have partly improved this through the fontanelles and temporary widening of the pelvis during birth, but evolution is slow. The Homo brain has in a matter of 2.5 million years tripled in size, but still a brain is fairly small and evolution is slow. A machine will not have these limitations, and once it understands that it can improve its intelligence by itself using more real estate, it will likely do so. Then the sky is the limit for artificial intelligence. I hope I am dead by then. It will not be pretty and humans will no longer be the most superior (intelligence wise) species on earth. What effect that will have on humanity, self-esteem and our role on earth (as a species) remains to be seen.
PeteM wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:57 am
imkap wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:14 pm
I think it will be pretty devastating if we start accepting art made by robots. Although we're probably already doing it unknowingly...
We're doomed.

Some say it is the only thing differentiating us from (other) animals...
Thanks HKV and imkap.

As for art and AI - it's not just poems. Here's a two year old try of GPT at writing news stories. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... icle-gpt-3 And AI is now making some decent graphic works.

A colleague (quantum computing researcher) suggests that we humans may eventually port ourselves from a carbon-based life form to silicon-based ones. His point - and he might be right - is that this is a possible next step in the evolution of mankind.

Seems kids already can't exist independently of their cell phones, Fitbits, and earphones. We're also implanting digital ears, pacemakers, devices to control tremors and seizures, digital insulin pumps, and the like. In a way, we're already hybrid computers, with things like neurons somewhat digital components and neurotransmitters and hormones analog components -- and now implanting or at least hand-holding or attaching digital aids. Some of our arts are already hybrid human-digital collaborations. Theater lighting, sound effects, CGI effects in films, digital photography, music mastering, spelling and grammar checking, etc. etc.

One thing we humans can do is seek out new information, while today's AI systems pretty much need to have it shoveled into them by the Terabyte. It will be a while before an AI system and a general purpose robot get better at, say, collecting pond samples and imaging them one day - drawing tentative conclusions - and buying or building a better pond net or microscope the next day. At the simplest level, Amazon (or all its AI and cloud computing prowess) can't even seem to get robots to pack boxes all that well.

FWIW, the energy output of something like a furry gray ATP-powered mouse is in the same ballpark energy-output wise as a Li ion or NiMH battery weighing about the same. Unlike the Li ion battery, the mouse will seek out its own sources of "rechargeable" energy -- and then (like a rechargeable battery) be able to do this hundreds of "recharge" cycles. Hundreds of daily recharge cycles in which it may also have reproduced (remanufactured!) itself multiple times, ample renewable energy sources willing.

Carbon-based life is likely to hold its own (our hubris with respect to climate, politics, WMD etc. notwithstanding) -- but perhaps increasingly aided (or pushed over some metaphoric cliff?) by the silicon versions??
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Re: Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#8 Post by charlie g » Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:39 am

AI currently is being developed for human warfare/ for leathal warefare. AI contributions to arts are a dismal distraction from our humanity

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Re: Microscopy poem by OpenAI

#9 Post by dtrinh » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:31 pm

hkv wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:38 pm
Finally Friday and I wanted to share this poem with you. I asked the newly release artificial intelligence chatbot "ChatGPT" to write a poem about microscopy and search for the unknown. This is what it came up with:

Through the lens of a microscope
We explore the world unknown
From cells and microbes small
To the secrets of it all

With curious minds and careful hands
We uncover the beauty of this land
In the world unseen by human eyes
A world of wonder and surprise

Each discovery a treasure to behold
As we unravel the stories of the old
From the tiniest of creatures to the biggest of cells
Through microscopy, our knowledge swells

So let us delve into the unknown
And see what secrets we can hone
For in the world of microscopy
There is a world of mystery.
Thank you!
I can't believe this is written by a machine! Incredible!

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