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This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry

  • Allison Johnson
  • April 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
I kind of wish it just took pictures.

I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera.

It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi. If I saw it on a store shelf, I'd absolutely pick it up.

But aside from obviously appealing, I'm not exactly sure what it is. I mean, I know what it is. It's a camera that makes AI poems instead of photos. You take a picture, and instead of printing a photo, you get an AI-generated poem inspired by the scene, printed on thermal receipt paper. But after printing dozens of poems, I can only report feeling frustrated instead of inspired.

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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