Personalized Book

A rather unusual gift I received recently

A book personalized for a reader like me

A book with me as the protagonist

It was a full-length novel and this is the gist-

The story revolves around a sort of medical mystery

That I, the protagonist, solve quite cleverly

Using my skills as a cardiologist and a leader in the community

The book cover includes a professional picture of me

There are some testimonials printed at the back

To give it the authenticity that it otherwise lacks

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Of course I was intrigued by this book personalized

It was interesting to see my character development, but soon I realized

This book generated by AI seemed quite daft

Worse than an amateur writer’s first draft

While the thoughtfulness of the gift-giver I appreciated

My fear of writing being taken over by AI dissipated

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A quick internet search showed me how a personalized book could be created

Both fiction and nonfiction books could be generated

In minutes using artificial intelligence

But the writing was formulaic, at times not making much sense

I doubt a reader worth their salt could be deceived by AI

To figure out that the book was not written by a human, one did not need to try

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I know large language models are learning fast enough to outpace

Human beings in every sphere, but I believe there would always be a place

For authentic storytelling that humankind has always done

The battle of creative expression is unlikely by AI to be won