<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[“PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>“PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts</p><p>Source: hxxps://www.instagram.com/p/DZaR5o_iKNy/</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ai" rel="tag">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Poetry" rel="tag">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Poem" rel="tag">#<span>Poem</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/bb58c704-693b-4437-ad84-f8f76cfa53b2/please-use-ai-poem-by-joanna-atkins-potts</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:35:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/bb58c704-693b-4437-ad84-f8f76cfa53b2.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:53:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:45:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> also this <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f61b.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--stuck_out_tongue" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😛" alt="😛" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ojensen/statuses/116947885425680080</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ojensen/statuses/116947885425680080</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ojensen@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:45:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:41:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> i read this a while back, not a poem, but hits very similarly</p><p><a href="https://shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use-ai" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/pl</span><span>ease-use-ai</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ojensen/statuses/116947871625222545</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ojensen/statuses/116947871625222545</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ojensen@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:41:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:06:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/monkeyben%40mastodon.sdf.org">@<span>monkeyben</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> <br />Lols. Yeah, like I said, people are becoming AI reliant for even to say things.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fbin.in/ap/users/115968153178175357/statuses/116946082210607368</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fbin.in/ap/users/115968153178175357/statuses/116946082210607368</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:06:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:03:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/fbinin%40mastodon.fbin.in">@<span>fbinin</span></a></span></p><p>They are not adverts. They are warnings of what will become of people if they keep relying on using AI instead of their brain.</p><p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116945832686268785</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/monkeyben/statuses/116945832686268785</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[monkeyben@mastodon.sdf.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:03:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:56:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baishen%40mastodon.online">@<span>baishen</span></a></span> That is odd.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116938491806023168</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116938491806023168</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[starluna@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:56:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:36:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> I now feel dumb for having read it out loud to my partner with my silly "English is my third language" accent. But, true to the essence of the poem, my partner replied that they like listening to me. <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="❤" alt="❤" />️</p><p>And, indeed, some folks are using AI to spare themselves the need to actually live. What a well written poem!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/ap/users/116739186617842944/statuses/116938412702628064</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/ap/users/116739186617842944/statuses/116938412702628064</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[annasdtc@sciences.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:36:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:02:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> An AI has nothing to lose (or win) except for its maker's bottom line; no experience.  Profit alone cannot drive true intelligence that is respectful of life.</p><p>Even if those products had those things, they would still not be discrete beings like the AIs in most science fiction. Even a "digital ghost" flitting through systems is described through the language of embodiment.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116937571103376475</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116937571103376475</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tasket@infosec.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:02:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:47:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> beautiful!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://akademienl.social/users/EvelineSulman/statuses/116937277290725305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://akademienl.social/users/EvelineSulman/statuses/116937277290725305</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[evelinesulman@akademienl.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:47:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:02:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/fbinin%40mastodon.fbin.in">@<span>fbinin</span></a></span> I should consider myself lucky that I haven’t seen these ads!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116936866162727167</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116936866162727167</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[drahardja@sfba.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:02:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:32:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> i love this, thank you for sharing it <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="❤" alt="❤" />️</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theatl.social/users/MelindaATL/statuses/116936747896537836</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theatl.social/users/MelindaATL/statuses/116936747896537836</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[melindaatl@theatl.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:32:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:15:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://gruene.social/@MBrandtner">@<span>MBrandtner</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> </p><p>I know that was sarcasm, but BOOOOO</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116936681696873638</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/w_b/statuses/116936681696873638</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[w_b@mastodon.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:15:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:06:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> beautiful</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KXRGP4SSFRAD4Y139J9E3XWC</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://notnull.space/users/paul/statuses/01KXRGP4SSFRAD4Y139J9E3XWC</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paul@notnull.space]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:06:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:01:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> wonderful!  <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2764.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="❤" alt="❤" />️</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jawns.club/users/acm_redfox/statuses/116936390611454866</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jawns.club/users/acm_redfox/statuses/116936390611454866</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[acm_redfox@jawns.club]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:01:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> Plot Twist: The poem was generated by AI</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/MBrandtner/statuses/116936384722381288</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/MBrandtner/statuses/116936384722381288</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mbrandtner@gruene.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:10:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> </p><p>Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing !</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/FrankauLux/statuses/116936189010975447</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/FrankauLux/statuses/116936189010975447</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[frankaulux@polyglot.city]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:10:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:35:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> glad to have read this. Made my day</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116936049380356003</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116936049380356003</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[erikcats@dice.camp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:35:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:24:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> <br />This. Thank you! 🫶</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Cotopaxi/statuses/116936009115518531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Cotopaxi/statuses/116936009115518531</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cotopaxi@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:24:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:06:38 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62d.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sob" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😭" alt="😭" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115831478228446444/statuses/116935937129976948</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115831478228446444/statuses/116935937129976948</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lappenjammerdiezweite@social.vivaldi.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:06:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:35:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/starluna%40mastodon.social">@<span>starluna</span></a></span>  Odd. It worked fine with my ad blockers.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/baishen/statuses/116935814593266383</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/baishen/statuses/116935814593266383</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baishen@mastodon.online]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:13:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> This is wonderful -- thank you so much for sharing it.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116935726390878326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116935726390878326</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[apbblue@thepit.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:11:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> So lovely</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.electrafish.tech/users/electrafish/statuses/116935722149775864</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.electrafish.tech/users/electrafish/statuses/116935722149775864</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[electrafish@social.electrafish.tech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:11:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> </p><p>Claude, make it rhyme</p><p>/s</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/guenther/statuses/116935697860266905</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/guenther/statuses/116935697860266905</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[guenther@chaos.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:04:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baishen%40mastodon.online">@<span>baishen</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> I'm just learning that I can't look at snopes anymore because they don't like my adblocker. <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f610.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--neutral_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😐" alt="😐" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116935694139606397</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/starluna/statuses/116935694139606397</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[starluna@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:04:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to “PLEASE USE AI” — poem by Joanna Atkins-Potts on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:01:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baishen%40mastodon.online">@<span>baishen</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> </p><p>TWO wonderfulnesses todayy. This poem and the Vonnegut thing.</p><p>oh goodness, I knew the Vonnegut quote was true, but the Case Western lecture accounting of the story by him is worth the 20m of your day. </p><p>Humans are here to fart around.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116935680899413243</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tezoatlipoca/statuses/116935680899413243</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tezoatlipoca@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:01:28 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>