Ode to AI Videos

A Reaction to trying to create one

Ode to AI Videos

*** Management note: This ode was written by Bill while he was trying to use an AI program to create a video for his poem “Rebirth of the Trapped Spirit”. You may conclude that he wasn’t altogether successful. In order to avoid any transgression of what may be considered as acceptable presentation, we have replaced any offensive language with various punctuation marks etc. ***

So here am I with this #$&@ *&#,
*%$@&(*^% *^$@&^* @!!!#$%,
^&*(% and so I )*(&#@#% )()&%$,
With only a *()_)*&^% *^#@ @#$$$@,
I cannot believe *&%^*()^%$#.

Why can’t *^%#%&*((#,
I wish they would @#$^(*(&^%,
&^%$# *&%$$%^with a red hot poker!
&*()&%^%$$^^ *&% (*&^%,
Right up **&^ $%^&#@ &^%$#$%^.

What a waste of &(*_)%$$##%^^ $%%^$#,
*^&%#@!$$%^ *&^%&$ ^%$#$^&,
&^%$$&* that’s the last &*^%#^&,
&^%$#@$%^( (&^ *&%^%,
&^$#@ *&^*(*( &&^% *^%%$$!!!

*** Note from Bill – sorry some of it doesn’t rhyme too well. ***

*** Final management note: It doesn’t surprise us that Bill experienced problems. He has previously said that producing one single image takes between 1 and 2 minutes on his computer. Bearing that in mind, 4 minutes of video at a minimum of 25 frames per second would take an estimated 150 hours! Then allow for the fact that at least 80% of the images created are simply unusable when the AI misinterprets the request…

It would seem best to leave the creation of fantasy videos to those organisations that have a bottomless budget for computing – the government, Hollywood, mainstream news outlets and so on.

However, if anyone can do better at creating this video, we would love to hear from you. ***