Remember the original pre-AI of
Stan Rogers - White Collar Holler
Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight
Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late
I kiss the kids goodbye, I can't remember their names
And week after week, it's always the same
And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line
Then it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch
Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch
Correlate, tabulate, process and screen
Program, printout, regress to the mean
And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line
Then it's home again, eat again, watch some TV
Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three
I dream the same dream when I'm sleeping at night
I'm soaring over hills like an eagle in flight
And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line
Someday I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things
I'll punch that time clock till it can't ring
Burn up my necktie and set myself free
Cause no one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me
And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line
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But if we're gonna play with AI as a combination
of instant rhyming dictionary, studio musicians
on demand, plus deep social look up and
synthesis, let's do that!
In less than a second at
https://deepai.org/chat/poet
Serial Killers
In silent chambers where signals weave,
A dance of bits that never leave,
RS-232, the ancient thread,
Connects the minds that once were led.
Terminals whisper, flicker, glow,
A gateway where the data flows,
From distant worlds to fingertips,
A bridge built on electric scripts.
Through years of tech’s relentless march,
A history etched in circuitry’s arch,
From humble wires to modern streams,
The heartbeat of our digital dreams.
Serial’s song, a steady beat,
Unites the hardware, makes it complete,
A tale of service, patience, grace,
In every byte, a human trace.
So here’s to those who kept it alive,
In the age of rapid, endless drive,
Their craft sustained the silent call,
Ensuring systems never fall.
In every pulse, a story spun,
Of progress, trust, the race begun,
A legacy of wired art,
Connecting minds, and hearts, and parts.
Not a lot of hooks, that's a poem, not a pop
song, oh well.
Then, in a few minutes ( I was truly surprised by
the wait - must be low-powered AI ! ) at
Some lovely delivery and instrumental hooks there - endless.
But no Joni Mitchel, Stevie Wonder, Carol King, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Bruce Springsteen, Aimee Mann, or ...
Or try, try, try again.
It's all the power of adjectives and adverbs:
With the power of AI, effortlessly blend your
lyrics with beautiful melodies to create
captivating songs!
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Or write it ourselves!
Thanks for the exercise in diversion!