auto-generated sonnets (by courtesy of GPT-3 say) all but vindicate Charles Bukowski. when in regards to art and the creative process he wrote:
AS THE SPIRIT WANES THE FORM APPEARS.
yes.
and no:
machines will never be able to emulate the intuitive intelligence of an artist. approximate: yes. but to replicate? no way.
machines may only (impeccably) embody the empty and formulaic aspects of the human. the mind. as it were. without the heart.
which is plenty meager.
The Prancing Apprentice 