Poetry and literary prose

The readers were not experts, the poems were short, and the study measured recognition and preference, not what a poem is for. The authors note that the AI poems were more accessible, and accessibility is what untrained readers reward. What is contested is whether a text without an author who lived it, meant it and answers for it is the same kind of object; publishers, prizes and readers currently say no, and the market for named human authors has not moved. Fluency is ceded; authorship is not.