Chat Orpheus

The ancient idea of some outside force willy-nilly bestowing genius on random human vessels is not fashionable. Genius today is not a democratic spirit that graces randos with inspiration. It is a person. A tech bro, most likely.

But if, like Homer, Yeats, and Julian of Norwich believed, genius is, in fact, a rando-communer existing outside of human intelligence, then ChatGPT is as good an instrument as any to try to get in touch.

That was my working theory, anyway, when I started experimenting with writing collaborative, improvised poems with the latest AI voice mode.