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No Thank You's avatar

I have no exposure to this Japanese poet so based solely on these texts here's my take. I look forward to reading more of her on my own time. Vox - will you post the answers ever? Thank you!

Komachi - 1,3,5,7

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Narnia Bear's avatar

1, 3, 5, and 8 would be my guesses for AI.

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Matt's avatar

My guess as to the human ones: 2, 3, 5, 8

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keruru's avatar

If you cannot pick human from AI, the human translator had a tin ear. Many scholars do.

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Ascanius's avatar

My guess is that the AI produced 1, 4, 5, and 8...but I can't actually tell the difference. Just guessing based on shaky assumptions.

Without both seeing the description/prompt for each pair AND being told one of them was AI, I wouldn't have thought any of them were.

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Codex redux's avatar

Since the translator is a traitor, and the form is alien, I'd want to see an example in English of a familiar type.

Try Shakespeare, Dickenson, or Kipling: one of their less-well-known works.

Or Dante. I can pick my way through the as in a pinch.

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Mark Pierce's avatar

If paper and ink can capture wisdom and depth, so can AI.

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ticotexas's avatar

AI: 2, 4, 6, 8

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Black's avatar

My guesses.

1. AI

2. Human

3. Human

4. AI

5. Human

6. AI

7. AI

8. Human

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