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This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry

I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera. It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi. If I saw it on a store shelf, I'd...

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This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
Source: The Verge
Poetry Camera shown in front of a pegboard with printed poem receipts behind it
I kind of wish it just took pictures.

I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera.

It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi. If I saw it on a store shelf, I'd absolutely pick it up.

But aside from obviously appealing, I'm not exactly sure what it is. I mean, I know what it is. It's a camera that makes AI poems instead of photos. You take a picture, and instead of printing a photo, you get an AI-generated poem inspired by the scene, printed on thermal receipt paper. But after printing dozens of poems, I can only report feeling frustrated instead of inspired.

Read the full story at The Verge.

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