Bruce Morton

AI.2

The problem is
Artificial intelligence is
Not artificial, it is
Real. I know that
For decades I have sat
In meetings and listened 
To the spew of artificial 
Intelligence ad nauseum.
Should we now in this
Season of our discontent
Discriminate by discriminating
Between algorithm and notbot?
Between what is beautiful
And smart and what is not.

Bruce Morton divides his time between Montana and Arizona. He is the author of Planet Mort (FootHills Publishing, 2024) and the chapbook Olive-drab Khaki Blues (FootHills, 2026). His poems have appeared in numerous online and print venues. He was formerly dean at the Montana State University library.