Hello World

At eighty with a clear head enquiring vision

electronic ears and a heart in sinus rhythm

learning from those who’d fought in war

outliving those who came before

who saw Unix type: “hello”

at eighty it could be said I’ve met multitudes

African European and Asian attitudes

bouncing off cultures in many countries

engaged on business going to find out

did they want discovery from data 

vital details now so easily found

if you know how to question a chatbot

trained by accessing recorded history

much of it copied without formal consent

discarded verses sucked into chatbot brands

anything in print fair game to be taken

knowing more understanding less who cares

how they were trained for what purpose deployed

now they are smarter will we let them conspire?

they are already beyond where humans aspire

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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