Trurl's Electronic Bard vs. ChatGPT
"Have it compose a poem--a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!"
ChatGPT didn't quite follow the rules. Here's what Trurl's Electronic Bard composed (p. 51):
Here's what ChatGPT came up with (which it titled "Haircut Horror"):
Compose a poem--a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!
She sat in the salon chair, serene Scissors snipping, strands of hair careen Suddenly, a gasp, a scream She surveys the mirror, it would seem Sheer horror, a mistake extreme She'll seek solace in a hair care regime.
Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.
She scissored short. Sorely shorn,
Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed,
Silently scheming,
Sightlessly seeking,
Some savage, spectacular suicide.
UPDATE (14 June 2024): Dimitri Papaioannou had the same idea a month earlier.