ChatGPT försöker imitera HP Lovecraft

Jag bad ChatGPT att skriva en Lovecraftliknande novell. Detta blev resultatet:

"In the forgotten depths of the ocean, beyond the grasp of mortal men, lay a slumbering evil of unimaginable power. It was a being beyond comprehension, an ancient god that had existed long before the stars themselves were born. This was Cthulhu, and its very presence was enough to drive men mad with terror.

But in a remote fishing village on the coast of Maine, there were those who knew of Cthulhu's existence. They had studied the forbidden tomes, learned the dark secrets of the universe, and made pacts with entities that should not be named. And they had come to the realization that the time of Cthulhu's awakening was near.

It began with strange, otherworldly sounds echoing through the village at night, followed by eerie green lights shining from the depths of the sea. Fishermen reported seeing grotesque, writhing creatures in the water, and whispered rumors spread of sacrifices made to appease the slumbering god.

Then, one fateful night, the ground shook and the sea churned. The villagers fled in terror as a massive, tentacled monstrosity rose from the waves, towering over the town like an eldritch titan. Its eyes glowed with a sickly green light, and its voice was a chorus of screams that echoed in the minds of those who dared to listen.

The villagers knew that they were doomed. Cthulhu had awakened, and its wrath was terrible to behold. But even as they trembled in fear, there were those among them who knew the truth - that this was only the beginning, and that far worse horrors were yet to come.

For Cthulhu was not the only ancient god that slumbered in the depths of the sea, and as the stars aligned and the barriers between dimensions grew thin, they would all awaken to claim their rightful place in a world that had long forgotten them."

Sedan jämförde jag med mitt eget försök från 1980, som kan läsas här.

Jag måste pinsamt nog medge att jag tycker att jag lyckades bättre än datorn. Det tyder troligen på storhetsvansinne - hur kan jag på största allvar tro att jag skriver bättre än en världsberömd superdator? Men jag kan inte hjälpa att jag faktiskt tycker det.

;-)

Alltså: det är uppenbart att datorn  noggrant läst in sig på Lovecraft, men det finns definitivt något väsentligt som saknas. Något som datorer i alla fall ännu inte riktigt kan greppa.