> Getting the song down, I had to fight every impulse to better the song, to make it resolve where it doesn’t otherwise, to massage out the weirdnesses. I wante

> Getting the song down, I had to fight every impulse to better the song, to make it resolve where it doesn’t otherwise, to massage out the weirdnesses. I wanted to stay as true to its creator’s vision as possible, and at the end, there’s just something missing. One thing that's glaringly missing is that the song presents itself as a story, but on even casual inspection there is none. Sailors Song entices you with the trappings of a good, melodic story song, and then pulls a Houdini. Compare this song with The Gambler, the best-known version of which was recorded by Kenny Rogers. Or American Pie. Or Cats in the Cradle. This seems like a kind of uncanny valley. Real enough to make you take notice, but fake enough to turn you off. That said, I don't think the author tried very hard to get ChatGPT to add the "something missing." I think that's because s/he hadn't figured out what the missing thing was. For example, ask ChatGPT to tell the story of the Chinese balloon to the tune of Sailors Song. Or, literally any event that has ever happened and which ChapGPT would know about. It's actually kind of surprising that ChatGPT came up with the story song idea in the first place because that wasn't part of the prompt. Why not give it a few nudges in the right direction?