The Digital Laureate: Examining AI-Generated Poetry

This study explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative expression, focusing on the emergence of AI-generated poetry. It overviews existing literature on AI and its integration into literature, emphasizing AI poetry specifically. At the heart of this study are three poems generated by the AI model ChatGPT 4. Through a critical analysis of these poems and their prompts, the study found that, to a certain extent, AI can mirror human poetic expression producing complex poems with numerous literary devices. However, AI’s creativity is constrained by training material, prompts, and prompters, signaling both AI’s potential and limitations in shaping contemporary poetry.