[ExI] [Extropolis] AI and college admission tests

[William Flynn Wallace]

I took the New Yorker for many years.  It always had several poems.
Increasingly they were odd and obscure.  I found out later that it was
intentional.  For some reason the poet just didn't want clarity.

For my money, the poem the ai sent John, is a model of clarity and sense.
Not only that - it represents thinking outside the box.  Why not just give
the asker what he asks for - a song?  Nope. It did something better.   All
of which is to say - I am impressed.   bill w

On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 6:13 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was reading about how colleges are upset because they suspect potential
> students are using AI to help them on their admission essays, but what
> appalled me was that one of the essays requested by Princeton, one of the
> best universities in the country, was to write a short essay about *"Which
> song should be used as the soundtrack for your life?*" So if I was 18 and
> trying to get into Princeton I'd ask GPT-4 to write a poem (I figured
> Princeton would like poems) about why that was a very dumb question and the
> university should be ashamed of itself for asking it. I'm not 18 but I
> asked GPT-4 anyway and in less than two seconds I got this:
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> *This question is often asked,But it’s not an easy task.For life is a
> symphony,With many notes and harmony.It’s not just one song,That can
> represent your lifelong.It’s a collection of melodies,That make up your
> memories.So, don’t be fooled by this query,It’s not a question to be taken
> seriously.For life is too complex to be defined,*
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> *By just one song that comes to mind.*
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> John K Clark
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