More radical than Dadaism: GenAI escapes all semantic limits humans can't
Merzmensch · x · 2026-08-22
The author shares an AI-generated poem, "#MERZpoet: Trispheropod (2026)", arguing that GenAI possesses an ability humans lack: going completely wild, free of all semantic limits and common sense. Even Dadaists, in all their anti-referentialism, still referenced past traditions, human culture and existing language — GenAI can break past those boundaries entirely.
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