[Martin Elster]

Hi everybody. I have a poem at The New Verse News today called "Convenience."

https://newversenews.blogspot.com/20...nvenience.html

[F.F. Teague]

Congratulations, Martin <(:-)

I thought this was pretty amazing when I read it in Drills. Pleased it's found a home at NVN!

Best wishes,
Fliss

[John Isbell]

That is really splendid, Martin. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
John

[Martin Elster]

Thanks, Fliss! And thanks to you, too, John!

I figured that, since the poem is pretty topical (though I was originally inspired by The Oldie comp.), I may as well send it to NVN. And I'm pleased James Penha accepted it.

[F.F. Teague]

You're welcome, Martin :-)

Yes, pretty topical; and great that the prompt from The Oldie inspired you to write the poem.

Best wishes,
Fliss

[John Isbell]

Killer robots are forever topical! I wish I were joking, but of course I'm not.

Cheers,
John

[Martin Elster]

Thanks, John. I know what you mean. It's no longer just science fiction.

[Andrew Frisardi]

Thanks for posting this, Martin. The topic got me searching on Google a bit, where I found this article from the 1930s about boxing legend Jack Dempsey saying he could take out any robot, because "The best punch in the world is not worth a whoop if the boxer doesn’t know what to do with it." Oops, AI has taken care of that one.

[Martin Elster]

Thanks for the link, Andrew. That's really interesting about those 1930s robots. I just started reading the article and look forward to reading the rest of it after I walk my dog. Yes, AI would certainly know what to do with it!