Nine Censored Haiku

by 2600.absently187@passinbox.com

Attempting to use ChatGPT to find the road from ultimate complexity ("Terms of Service") to ultimate simplicity, I epiphanied upon the haiku.

Here are the results of ChatGPT transforming these companies' TOS directly into haiku:

Google

Google tracks your moves,
Can stop or change things anytime,
Follow the rules, please.

Facebook

Your data is theirs,
They can change or block you fast,
Break the rules, you're out.

Apple

They own what you buy,
Control what apps you can use,
Rules can change anytime.

Amazon

They track what you buy,
Change prices or stop items,
You're not in control.

Microsoft

They own your software,
Track what you do on their apps,
Rules can shift at will.

𝕏

They watch what you tweet,
Can ban you or change the rules,
Nothing stays the same.

I thought this was going so well; why not check out some other complicated topics?

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Elites plan the change,
Global power in their hands,
Whose voice will they hear?

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Global leaders meet,
Silent influence they wield,
Plans behind closed doors.

Global Banking

Money moves in chains,
Power hides behind the walls,
Wealth for just a few.

O.K., I was getting the picture pretty clearly.

The ancient Japanese art of haiku has illuminated A.I.  What would happen when I went on 𝕏 and posted these haiku directly to the affected parties?  They would disappear in less than 24 hours.  Not in my history, not in my "downloaded archive" - 100 percent unattributable censorship.

So I gave it a second shot, this time sending my haiku on 𝕏 to Wired, Vice News, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.  Also disappeared within 24 hours.

Look, I already knew "social media" was crooked; we all did.  But censoring haiku?!  This is a new and ponderous low.  They are not just censoring "terrorism" or "racism" or "bias;" they are censoring truth, in this case the most simple form of truth.  On purpose.

I foresee 2600 Magazine only gaining in importance in the years to come.  As the digital public is increasingly real-time manipulated, we can still count on paper.

Just for contrast, I'll end this with the haiku ChatGPT made for 2600 Magazine:

2600

Hackers' sacred guide,
Secrets shared through printed code,
The underground speaks.