Generative Lyrik

The article sheds light on the potential of generative art forms and uses a specific machine poem to address important questions of generative lyrics: How does a poem differ from a computer-generated poem? Are artificial intelligence algorithms helpful or do they even replace the poet? Who owns the copyright, the programmer or the machine? After a case study on a seven-line poem, computer-generated poems of letters, prime numbers, symbols, permutations, artificial language elements as well as sound and color images will be discussed as examples. Opportunities and limitations of generative poetry round off the article.