<<< to the left, human (my) writing beginning before ChatGPT went public, completed (when ChatGPT AND other AI products/applications became mainstream) however, my finished and self-created project was without any prompts (or accessing any AI source(s), including ChatGPT) during Seabird's Call inception through completion.

Although in general, I do not keep track of time spent (hours/weeks/months [some over several years] on my creations, the original version (to the left) took me immensely longer than the twenty seconds to execute my instructions to the AI version to the right and the completed prose showing.

NOTE: although I did a minor revision of the human created verse in 2024, I did not do the same with a more contemporary AI version - certainly, the addition or subtraction in words for the 2024 revision, cannot hold the AI version accountable from the original prompt of 177 words.

to the right generated by ChatGPT >>> .............................................................................................................

DO I DARE ASK (of course I do), which version (left or right) is preferred by the observing/engaging audience visiting this site?

Like all available sources, tools, resources and inspiration in the minds of a creator (including anyone [i.e., all humans] when broadening out their expressions to some appended form from their efforts, pretty much applies to all works (artistic or otherwise),

It would seem reasonable to include and utilize AI as just another tool, but, this seems overly underplayed and potentially too convenient as a justification.

However, what idea, drawing, song, hand crafted objects or other human extensions of the imaginations and inventions are not already woven into the fabric of the borrowed or inspired sources and resources, purposefully, by accident or stolen long before AI hit the scene ?

Creating new results based on a vast and cumulative pool of intelligent system(s) data input with the ability to not only create but also revise, edit, repair within a self-automating system, might be where the controversy begins.

Difference between AI regenerative and generative:
additional information here.

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Portrait of Belamy, sold at auction as the first (2018) artwork created using AI, $432,500 ...

The piece is a portrait of a somewhat-blurry man. signed at the bottom right with ${\displaystyle \min _{\mathcal {G}}\max _{\mathcal {D}}E_{x}\left[\log({\mathcal {D}}(x))\right]+E_{z}\left[\log(1-{\mathcal {D}}({\mathcal {G}}(z)))\right]}$ , which is part of the algorithm code that produced it. (my emphasis).
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Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research

With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent

Washington Post (WP) 3-10-24 (the above WP link has a limited, free read subscription, if you cannot access without subscribing, that explains why not).