I haven't used GPT-4 for translation so I acknowledge I might be wrong. But GPT-3 was such an irredeemably terrible poet that it made me sceptical that this type of software could ever develop aesthetic taste or artistic vision.
Moreover – and I understand this is an uncharitable thing to say, but it is my honest observation – time and again I have noticed the inability of AI cheerleaders to judge literature on its artistic merits. This doesn't hold universally, but it's common enough that I have resolved to regard such claims with extreme doubt.
Gpt-4 is a far better poet than gpt-3. It isn’t world-class and may be missing some ineffable poetic soul, but its attempts are definitely notable and interesting.
They seem mostly better than what I could write with significant effort.
Oh and I should emphasize that the quality and specificity of the prompt has a huge effect on the output.
I agree that gpt-3 was pretty trash at poetry, at least compared to human standards. It was impressive for AI, obviously.
>time and again I have noticed the inability of AI cheerleaders to judge literature on its artistic merits. This doesn't hold universally, but it's common enough that I have resolved to regard such claims with extreme doubt.
I don't understand how you could possibly have collected enough data to claim this. How many times have you seen an 'AI cheerleader' (whatever that is) attempt to judge the literature on its artistic merits?
I've used GPT-4 for translation numerous times and it worked astonishingly well, better then Google Translate most of the time. Especially when translating idioms and slang. It's also much better than GPT-3 at poetry - I really suggest you try it before just remaining skeptical about the technology.
Moreover – and I understand this is an uncharitable thing to say, but it is my honest observation – time and again I have noticed the inability of AI cheerleaders to judge literature on its artistic merits. This doesn't hold universally, but it's common enough that I have resolved to regard such claims with extreme doubt.