AI vs Human writing.

I like reading well written articles., and having been in Colombia for the past 3+ years good writing is not hard to find.

There is a very nice park not far from the business center of Santa Marta, shady, the seats are located where it is easy to ignore the sounds of passing traffic (and other park users), where you can relax and read with minimal disturbances.

It is said Hemmingway, on his visits to the Caribbean, frequented this park to write drafts for a couple of his novels.

There is a bust of him at one end of the park.

Yesterday I read a good opinion piece about the violence in the Middle East, and wondered what AI could come up with.

The opinion piece by Julio César Henriquez begins "During a gathering admiring the beautiful view of Aventura in Miami, my friend Adrián Pontes argued that peace was more important than love these days."

Julio gets to his topic quickly, which is "Why the violence in the Middle East should end. And the relationship of the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caribbean."

I tried a few prompts in ChatGTP to see if it could come up with a paragraph that would equal or even surpass the eloquence of this paragraph from Julio's article.

"The voices of people throughout the globe cry out for the will for peace to prevail over violence. The end of war must be a universal purpose. Peace is that individual and collective conscience supported by the certainty that offers security, justice, social health, prosperity, well-being, healthy coexistence, and mainly, the highlighting of the values ​​adopted by people."

The prompt I settled on for ChatGTP was, " Imagine you are a highly skilled, articulate writer. In one short paragraph tell me why, in Gaza, peace is more important than love."

I got this back: "In Gaza, the urgency of peace transcends the desire for love, as enduring peace is the foundation upon which love, empathy, and reconciliation can genuinely flourish. Without peace, the region remains mired in conflict and suffering, depriving its people of security, stability, and basic necessities. Establishing peace is the imperative first step towards fostering the compassion and understanding that can lead to long-term healing and harmonious coexistence among its communities, making it the paramount priority."

You could scrap Chat GTP's second sentence, I think we know what happens without peace.

There is a marked contrast between the first sentences of each, maybe I could have used a better prompt? but in my opinion ChatGTP gives a more "politico speak" (yawn), response.

The last two sentences of each (underlined), are basically saying the same thing.

I will leave it to you as to which sentence is more appealing.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Michael.

P.S. You can see Julio's article at the link above