The Ballad of Julius Malema, by ChatGPT
The news prompted one TechCentral reader to hand the task over to OpenAI’s ChatGPT – using the GPT-3.5 large language model. The reader gave these instructions: “Write a poem calledmentioning VBS, his racism and his tendency to flip-flop.” The chatbot came up with this rather extraordinary prose, which, while impressive, is unlikely to win the EFF’s poetry contest:There’s a figure named Julius, both feared and bold.
ChatGPT was then given the instruction simply to write a ballad about Julius Malema, without adding loaded terms like “racism” or “flip-flopping”. This time, the structure kept to that of a ballad. However, the content veered towards a praise poem, although VBS and Malema’s firebrand tactics were mentioned:Of a man named Julius Malema, his story begun.Born in the town of Seshego, he emerged,A fire in his heart, burning bright.
Bard’s “poem” was less a poem than a word salad organised into stanzas with strong undertones of a praise poem:You’ve been called a racist, a flip-flopper, a demagogueFrom the Marikana massacre to the VBS scandalou’re a complex man, Julius MalemaSo here’s to you, Julius MalemaHere’s to the ballad of Julius MalemaThe man who is always in the newsAnd he’s here to stayThe man who is the ballad of our time.
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