Well done on completing the assignment.
Unfortunately, I see very few hints of humanity in the text.
It lacks faults, fluctuations, and unfamiliar phrasing.
Put simply,
your submission is too flat.
Too familiar.
Too generated.
And not really generative.
Not generative in the way
those before you
carefully scratched paper with fresh ink
and pecked metal letters against new ribbons
so lecturers wouldn’t strain their eyes
reading strained unhurried thoughts.
Not generative in the way
educators gave generously of themselves
since you were in pre-school
so you’d be ready for these things:
reading, writing, thinking,
and God forbid, re-writing.
I know times have changed and you are busy.
Me too, with my three jobs, three children,
and interests in poetry, poodles, and pickleball.
But how did you expect university would go?
You are capable of much more than you think,
but you’ll need to demonstrate
your very own thinking
and not just your prompting
if you wish to make the most
of the privileged position
of being a student.
TO THE STUDENT WHOSE AI GENERATED ASSIGNMENT ISN’T GENERATIVE. A Poem.
By David Tensen
2025