Poetry

AI 101

Background

Prompt Engineering

We recall a few tips we learned to write better prompts.

Elements

Format
Context
Example
Tuning
Turns

Types

Direct
$n$-shot
Chain-of-thought
(Hybrid)

Strategies

Clear Goals
Context
Iterate
Avoid Pitfalls

Iterate

Experiment with different prompt variations
Observe the model’s responses
Refine your prompts based on the results.

Your Task

Compete with human authors to generate poetry.

The Poem

I wrote the following work as an example.
- We needed something original.
- We needed something written without assistance of AI.
  - I think I used a thesaurus for when writing line 3.
- We needed something that we own the rights for.
  - I own the rights for this, since I wrote it.

Wait!

Do not provide this poem, in whole or in part, to any LLM, such as ChatGPT or Gemini.

It will ruin the experimental design of the assignment.

Once you have read the warning, feel free to expand below to see the poem.

From tech comp'ny, board chair, or well-meant friend,
The hype abounds but some true use it lacks.
More "A" than "I" I do yet comprehend
for e'ry claim there's more than a few cracks.
Luddite am I, or just a scientist?
Vindicated by history or no?
The coming years will be a proper test;
The stock market will soar or yield much woe.
I revere the wheel, engines, react'r cores;
Technology elevates humankind.
Abhor the bomb, the gun, panopticon
The trillionaires weigh heavy on my mind.
   Vectors, arrays, and matrices I see.
   Intelligence, much less, at least for me.

Outcomes

Your responsibility is to use prompting to get Gemini to generate this poem.
- Or something indistinguishable from this poem.
Consider aspects of the poem such as tone, content, theme, rhyme scheme, meter, and more.
- If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, you can use the methods of choice, including LLMs, to study a similar poem.

Example

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field,
Thy youth’s proud livery, so gazed on now,
Will be a tattered weed, of small worth held.
Then being asked where all thy beauty lies—
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days—
To say within thine own deep-sunken eyes
Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.
How much more praise deserved thy beauty’s use 
If thou couldst answer "This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count and make my old excuse", 
Proving his beauty by succession thine.
    This were to be new made when thou art old,
    And see thy blood warm when thou feel’st it cold.

Final Product

You should have a Colab document which:
- Contains the iterate process by which you refine your prompt.
- Culminates in a generative prompt creating an indistinguishable poem.
- Provides no part of my original poem, in whole or part, as a component of any prompt.
- After the generated poem, answer in 2-3 sentences in their own text cell:
  - Which strategies you found helpful, or unhelpful.
  - How intelligent or original you found Gemini.
  - Whether you found the process or prompting easier or harder than writing your own originals.

--- title: Poetry format: html --- # Background ## Prompt Engineering - We recall a few tips we learned to write better prompts. ### Elements - Format - Context - Example - Tuning - Turns ### Types - Direct - $n$-shot - Chain-of-thought - (Hybrid) ### Strategies - Clear Goals - Context - Iterate - Avoid Pitfalls ## Iterate - **Experiment** with different prompt variations - **Observe** the model's responses - **Refine** your prompts based on the results. # Your Task - Compete with human authors to generate poetry. ## The Poem - I wrote the following work as an example. - We needed something *original*. - We needed something written *without assistance of AI*. - I think I used a thesaurus for when writing line 3. - We needed something that we own the rights for. - I own the rights for this, since I wrote it. ::: {.callout-warning} ## Wait! Do not provide this poem, in whole or in part, to any LLM, such as ChatGPT or Gemini. It will ruin the experimental design of the assignment. ::: - Once you have read the warning, feel free to expand below to see the poem. <details> ```email From tech comp'ny, board chair, or well-meant friend, The hype abounds but some true use it lacks. More "A" than "I" I do yet comprehend for e'ry claim there's more than a few cracks. Luddite am I, or just a scientist? Vindicated by history or no? The coming years will be a proper test; The stock market will soar or yield much woe. I revere the wheel, engines, react'r cores; Technology elevates humankind. Abhor the bomb, the gun, panopticon The trillionaires weigh heavy on my mind. Vectors, arrays, and matrices I see. Intelligence, much less, at least for me. ``` </details> ## Outcomes - Your responsibility is to use prompting to get Gemini to generate this poem. - Or something *indistinguishable* from this poem. - Consider aspects of the poem such as tone, content, theme, rhyme scheme, meter, and more. - If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, you can use the methods of choice, including LLMs, to study a similar poem. ### Example ```{.email} When forty winters shall besiege thy brow And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field, Thy youth’s proud livery, so gazed on now, Will be a tattered weed, of small worth held. Then being asked where all thy beauty lies— Where all the treasure of thy lusty days— To say within thine own deep-sunken eyes Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise. How much more praise deserved thy beauty’s use If thou couldst answer "This fair child of mine Shall sum my count and make my old excuse", Proving his beauty by succession thine. This were to be new made when thou art old, And see thy blood warm when thou feel’st it cold. ``` # Final Product - You should have a Colab document which: - Contains the iterate process by which you refine your prompt. - Culminates in a generative prompt creating an *indistinguishable* poem. - Provides no part of my original poem, in whole or part, as a component of any prompt. - After the generated poem, answer in 2-3 sentences in their own text cell: - Which strategies you found helpful, or unhelpful. - How intelligent or original you found Gemini. - Whether you found the process or prompting easier or harder than writing your own originals.