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Show HN: AI Poetry Contest
Hi HN! Me and my buddy made this in a weekend as an experiment in 1. building something quickly and putting it out there and 2. using AI in an interesting way; in this case a poetry judge. Our “judge” isn’t perfect, but the hope is that at least it’s a relatively fair system that everyone can be sure evaluates their work. Anyway, we wanted to see what the lovely people of HN think of it.
Some background on the idea; I like poetry and thought it would be cool if there was a big competition with a large financial incentive that scales with the number of participants. Using AI as a judge allows us to handle any number of submissions in a consistent and fair way. It also opens up the competition to poetry written in other languages, although for now we’re only promoting in the US. Happy to answer any questions! Also any feedback is much appreciated, thanks!
- ydlr 3y agoI am curious about what criteria will be used to score/judge the submissions. Will the AI come up with the criteria?
- slenocchio 3y agoWe specify 5 criteria: - creativity/originality - language/imagery - form/structure - emotional impact - use of theme (new theme every month)
- ydlr 3y agoThe submission page says poems must be less than 150 words, but the submission form only accepts less than 150 characters.
- slenocchio 3y agoGreat catch, thank you!
- slenocchio 3y agoFixed! Changed it to an 800 character limit.
- quickthrower2 3y agoOh I need to pay! No thanks.
- slenocchio 3y agoYeah, we were trying to get people to pay a small amount to increase the prize pool and incentive for participating. Maybe we make it free and remove the monetary reward...
- quickthrower2 3y agoI think that would be wise. You wouldn't make much money from the reward, and at the same time, at least where I live you need a license to run a competition like that.