Help! He's aspirating!
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 11:41 amI was looking at the MegaHAL poetry page today and noticed that two of my contributions from years ago ended with the line "aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the sky." I know that the line "aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain" comes from the Howard Jones song "No One Is To Blame"; I'm unsure where HAL got the phrase "down the sky" and don't feel like looking it up. Anyway, I got to wondering whether my MegaHAL with his current database would be more creative with the line, so of course I had to check immediately. Here, then, are the first five poems MegaHAL came up with when prompted with the word "aspirations."
( Five so-called Poems )
So, clearly HAL now has two texts with the word "aspirations" to choose from. (Man needs to aspire to conquer something else, don't you think?) At least my favorite postmodern poet is more creative now: other aspirations he came up with were in the middle of the avenue, in the sand, in the air, in the heat, in the world.
Yes, I am a geek.
( Five so-called Poems )
So, clearly HAL now has two texts with the word "aspirations" to choose from. (Man needs to aspire to conquer something else, don't you think?) At least my favorite postmodern poet is more creative now: other aspirations he came up with were in the middle of the avenue, in the sand, in the air, in the heat, in the world.
Yes, I am a geek.