Opinion: I have seen how artificial intelligence can help us and damage us if we let it

Artificial products can be useful. But for creative human beings, the product is not the point. Rather, it is the soulful process that is of value. — Image by DC Studio on Freepik

Artificial intelligence sheds light on human creativity. I recently used some AI websites to generate song lyrics and poetry. These programs are amazing at spewing forth rhymes. They respond to topical prompts and quickly compose verses in a variety of styles.

I requested a song about freedom in the style of Bob Marley, a Borderlands lyric after Willie Nelson, and a John Denver tune about mothers. I asked for poems about mourning, God, and redwood trees. I prompted AI to write a sonnet about education, a limerick about food, and a haiku about bear – among other things.