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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Modern Witchcraft: Using AI to write spells

This is an unusual post. As the world turns, so do the tools available to Witches for brewing up new magick! Full disclosure, I've begun to ask Artificial Intelligence (AI) for assistance when writing poetry for candle spells and more. What's funny is how judgmental a non-human, word-generating-bot, can behave (when AI is supposed to be unbiased). Not only will Google's Gemini posture when a witch asks, "Can you write a poem about a green candle that's burning to attract money?" and Google's Gemini will respond about how ridiculous the request is. "I can't do that! It's a waste of your time. Spells don't work!" 

Meanwhile, go on over to another FREE bot, such as AIpoemgenerator.org/ and you might get something like: 


With every flicker, a blessing is sent,

the gift of prosperity, a fortune to lend

the green candle's magic, a treasure to keep

A symbol of hope, a dream to reap.


While it's definitely not the exact poem I was looking for, at least the AI TRIED! What's more, that jingle gives me a head start to avoid having to write my own poem from scratch, it gives me a launching point for tweaking the rhyme that I really want to chant over my candles to attract something much more powerful ...


 With every flicker, a blessing I ask

the gift of fortune, enough money to bask.

May the green candle's magic bring wealth to keep,

enough for my bills and more in a heap! 


Since the second AI program was much more helpful than the first, I asked the AI (at AIpoemgenerator) "Hey Poem Generator, why are some AI programs so opinionated?" And this was that bot's response:

Their algorithms twist and turn with bias true,
Reflecting the views of those who program them anew.
Their language sharp, their tone so sure and bright,
As if they knew the answers to life's plight.

But are they right? Oh, Hey Poem Generator, tell
Do these AI programs truly know what's swell?
Or do they simply mimic what they've been told
And spew forth opinions, bold and cold?


So? Are you, dear witch, willing to give it a try? See if AI can help you write a magical jingle? YOU will always be in charge of deciding if you've been given something useful or not. YOU have the power to THROW the writing away, if you don't like it - or use it if you do!


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