Quirky Rhyming AI Clock Fibbed About Time, Charmed Kickstarter Backers
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Poem/1 is an AI-powered clock that tells the time through rhyming poetry composed by ChatGPT. It creates a new 2-line poem every minute.
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The inventor, Matt Webb, launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Poem/1. He warns that the bot sometimes "fibs" about the actual time to make the rhymes work.
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Webb provides examples of the clock's weird and charming poems. One rhyme invents a nonsensical word ("teason") to fit the rhyme scheme.
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The clock's tendency to fabricate words or report the wrong time highlights limitations of current AI systems.
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Despite its flaws, the clock's offbeat vibes are appealing. Webb wants to develop this quirky bot invention.