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Predicate Calculus⤴

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Today’s Daily Create asks us to “write a poem formatted like computer code about natural networks”. As I started to think about how to do this, I wondered if a GenAI programme might help with philosophical logic, so I asked ChatGPT to give me an example of predicate calculus. Having ascertained that it could provide something meaningful, I asked it to:

“Please write the following in predicate calculus: bees drink the nectar from the flowers”

Here’s the answer

“Bees drink the nectar from the flowers” in predicate calculus, we need to define some predicates and structure the sentence properly.

Step-by-Step Breakdown:

  1. Define the predicates:
    • Let B (x) represent “x is a bee.”
    • Let F (y) represent “y is a flower.”
    • Let D (x,z) represent “x drinks z” (where x is the bee and z is the nectar).
    • Let N (z,y) represent “z is the nectar from flower y.”
  2. Express the sentence:
    • “Bees drink the nectar from the flowers” can be written as:
    • Ax Ay Az (B(x) ^ F (y) ^ N (z,y) -> D(x,z))

    This means “For all x, y, and z, if x is a bee, y is a flower, and z is the nectar of y, then drinks z.”

This formalizes the idea that bees (represented by x) drink nectar (represented by z) from flowers (represented by y).

That’s poetry to me.

Eagles and Doves⤴

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Today’s Daily Create asks us to

Look out of your actual window and then open a nature webcam from somewhere in the world. (here is the home of nature webcams via the US National Park Service) Write a poem that bridges these two views, exploring the connection between your local environment and a distant ecosystem.

I chose the Bald Eagle cam at Sauces Canyon Nest.

Sauces Canyon Bald Eagle Nest

“Sauces Canyon Bald Eagle Nest” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

And contrasted it with a recent view of the birdfeeder in our garden

276 Collared Doves

“276 Collared Doves” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

Small birds visit our garden,
Robins, tits and doves,
Dropping in for a daily feed,
Safe from the bald eagles resting in their nest across the globe

Ode to Father Time⤴

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Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Father Time

O silent keeper of all things,
You move unseen through shadows cast,
With footsteps soft, yet never still.
The stars align, the tides obey,
All yield to you—relentless, vast.

Your hands are weathered, old as stone,
Yet you are ageless, ever new.
You mend, you break, you heal, you mar,
A sculptor’s chisel, carving through,
Unveiling lives in cycles far.

A child’s first cry, an elder’s sigh,
The bloom of youth, the winter’s breath—
You’re there, a witness to our change,
A fleeting gift, a final debt,
Each heartbeat passing in your range.

Unseen you turn the seasons’ wheel,
And all our clocks are but your play.
What power lies in your domain,
For all we are, and all we’ll be,
Is woven in your endless skein.

And though we chase, and though we flee,
There is no place to hide, to wait,
For when you call, we go as one—
Forever caught within your fate,
Eternal father of the sun.

Written by ChatGPT

Ode to Mother Earth⤴

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Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Mother Earth.

Oh gentle Earth, beneath our feet,
Your patient pulse, your rhythmic beat,
In verdant fields and oceans wide,
You cradle all in arms so wide.

From mountain peak to forest deep,
Your mysteries you guard and keep.
In every leaf, in every stone,
Your quiet grace, your ancient throne.

The rivers sing, the wind replies,
A symphony beneath the skies.
You gift us soil, the air, the seas,
The fruits we pluck, the shade of trees.

Yet how we bruise and how we mar,
The bounty that you’ve placed afar.
Still, with each dawn, you rise anew,
Forgiving all we fail to do.

So let us pause, with reverent heart,
And pledge anew, a kinder start.
For you, dear Earth, our lives sustain,
In sun and storm, in joy and pain.

With help from ChatGPT

Ode to Starlight, the Eternal Dancer⤴

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Starlight by Andrew DeVries
Starlight by Andrew DeVries flickr photo by Dogtrax shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license

Today’s Daily Create asks us to write a poem or piece of prose about this image and also what she is dancing to if we like. This statue reminded me of a statue of Shiva that lives in a local museum, so I asked ChatGPT to “please write me a classic ode about the goddess starlight dancing to overcome the ignorance of humanity” and this is the result.

O Starlight, celestial maiden of the night,
Infinite grace in your shimmering flight,
Amidst the vast expanse of cosmic sea,
You twirl and whirl in purest majesty.

You dance upon the velvet canvas high,
A symphony of radiance across the sky,
A goddess fair, in darkness you’re arrayed,
To banish ignorance with your soft cascade.

Infinite orbs, your dance partners above,
Their stories whispered in the language of love,
You pirouette through the void, undeterred,
To teach us secrets by which we’re stirred.

As humans stumble in the depths of night,
You lead the way with your gentle light,
Revealing the mysteries of the distant spheres,
Quenching our thirst for knowledge and noxious fears.

Ignorance trembles in your presence, dear Star,
As you waltz and shimmer from afar,
Each twinkle, each glimmer, a beacon of hope,
In your dance, we find a boundless scope.

Eons may pass, yet you remain the same,
A constant guide in this endless cosmic game,
In your brilliance, humanity finds its chance,
To learn, to grow, to overcome ignorance’s trance.

So, Goddess Starlight, we hail your grace,
Your timeless dance in the boundless space,
For in your radiant glow, we find the way,
To seek the truth, and let ignorance sway.

Dance on, O Starlight, in your timeless grace,
With every twirl, we’ll find our place,
To conquer ignorance with knowledge’s might,
Guided by your ever-beckoning light.

Ode to the Moon⤴

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By ChatGPT #tdc4292 #ds106 #WriteOut 

Full moon
“Full moon” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

Ode to the Moon, celestial queen of night,

In your gentle glow, we find pure delight.

With silvery beams that softly grace the skies,

You reign in splendor, a sight to mesmerize.

Your tranquil face, so serene and bright,

Illuminates the darkest hours of night.

A guardian of dreams, you watch from above,

Filling the world with your radiant love.

In your silken orbit, you gracefully glide,

A constant companion on this celestial ride.

Waxing and waning, a cycle so grand,

You’ve been a guide since time first began.

Mysterious, remote, and full of grace,

You’ve held secrets of the cosmos in your embrace.

From poets to lovers, all hearts you inspire,

As you light up the heavens, a celestial fire.

The tides, they dance to your lunar call,

A force of nature, affecting one and all.

You hold the ocean’s pulse in your sway,

A reminder of nature’s power each day.

Moon, we revere you with profound respect,

For your beauty and wisdom, we reflect.

In your tranquil presence, we find our peace,

As you traverse the night’s endless fleece.

Ode to the Moon, with humble admiration,

We honor your enduring fascination.

In the starry tapestry of the endless night,

You shine as a beacon, a source of pure light.

Past me⤴

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Thank You

Sitting, pen in hand, with blank paper in front of me, I chastise my past self.
I shout at her for being lazy, for not writing more, so that I would need to write less.
But my past self was not ready to write: she didn’t know what I know now.
Her thoughts had not crystallised, she had not read what I had read.
I need to stop blaming past-me for what she did not do
And start thanking her for what she did.

“Thank You” flickr photo by Orin Zebest shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license