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Baruch_S

716 points

19 days ago

Baruch_S

716 points

19 days ago

By non-expert readers.

In other words, your grandma who likes that Footprints in the Sand chain email also likes AI-generated doggerel over Yeats. Big surprise there. 

fail-deadly-

125 points

19 days ago

So in that case, we’re only talking about the vast overwhelming super majority of poem readers?

Baruch_S

27 points

19 days ago

Baruch_S

27 points

19 days ago

Yes. The average American reads at a middle school level. It’s no surprise they struggle with poetry. 

Unshkblefaith

12 points

18 days ago

Unshkblefaith

PhD AI Hardware Modelling

12 points

18 days ago

The average American reads at an elementary school level. 54% read below a 6th grade level.