The Band Practice Dialogues: AI Songwriting – Part 2

Take the Song Lyric Turing Test below!

The hard rock band Realizing Resonance—lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Taylor, lead guitarist Daniel, bassist Rune, and drummer Chris—enter their practice space.

Daniel: Hey Taylor, did you write lyrics for “The Labyrinth”?

Taylor: Yes.

Chris: Did you use ChatGPT?

Rune: Yes.

Chris: Not you, I know you did. Taylor, did you use ChatGPT to do your Greek mythology homework? By the way, I would be happy to compete with AI, and write a song about an Incan emperor who is super full of himself because he lives in a perfect world that is catered to his every whim.

Rune: Dude, that’s just “Perfect World”, the theme song from Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove.

Chris: Hahahaha!

Taylor: Ok fine, I did end up using ChatGPT to learn about the Labyrinth story, with Theseus and the Minotaur. But the lyrics themselves are all me.

Daniel: Ok guys, place the lyrics upside down on my amp head. Chris and I will read them and conduct our song lyrics Turing Test.

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Song Lyrics Turing Test

Now it’s time for our readers to participate in a Song Lyrics Turing Test. Below are two versions of lyrics for the song “The Labyrinth”, versions A and B. One version is written by a human and the other is written by ChatGPT. Read both versions and then take the test below by selecting which version of the lyrics is written by the human.

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The Labyrinth (A)

Verse 1:

We’re lost in the maze

Of screens and clicks and likes

Our minds in a daze

As we navigate the heights

Of the labyrinthine web

That traps us in its snare

We can’t escape the dread

Of the media’s cold stare

Chorus:

We’re the modern Theseus

Trapped in a digital maze

Our angst is so grievous

As we struggle to find our way

Through the twists and turns

Of the media’s deceitful maze

We yearn for freedom to burn

Through the screens that block our gaze

Verse 2:

The Minotaur is here

In the form of fake news

We tremble with fear

As we’re bombarded with views

That lead us down dead ends

And blind us to the truth

We must fight to defend

Our sanity and our youth

Chorus:

We’re the modern Theseus

Trapped in a digital maze

Our angst is so grievous

As we struggle to find our way

Through the twists and turns

Of the media’s deceitful maze

We yearn for freedom to burn

Through the screens that block our gaze

Bridge:

The media’s web is spun

With threads of fear and doubt

We must be brave and shun

The lies that lead us about

For only by facing the truth

Can we hope to find our way

Out of the labyrinth uncouth

And into the light of day

Chorus:

We’re the modern Theseus

Trapped in a digital maze

Our angst is so grievous

As we struggle to find our way

Through the twists and turns

Of the media’s deceitful maze

We yearn for freedom to burn

Through the screens that block our gaze.

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The Labyrinth (B)

Verse 1:

I try to retrace my steps

But I’ve gone too far down this path

With a million choices, eight billion voices

The Labyrinth claims us for it’s wrath

Bridge:

No way out

Don’t know the route

Dead ends fill up the mind

In too deep

That power creep

How could we have been so blind

Verse 2:

Each branch I choose is another I lose

Turn back is the only advice

If we call on Daedalus, he won’t cradle us

We are the sacrifice

My ball of string doesn’t mean a thing

While the rats roll up the line

The Ship of Theseus means nothing to us

When the planks are rotted by time

Bridge:

No way out

Don’t know the route

Dead ends fill up the mind

In too deep

That power creep

How could we have been so blind

Chorus:

I’m lost in the Labyrinth

Drunk on the absinthe

At the feet of the statue

In the House of Hyacinth

The horns of the Minotaur

Rip into the scar

Crawling again

But I never make it far

Verse 3:

Keep winding my way through another day

There is no time to rest

We’ve gone astray and it’s on display

Controlled by what we detest

Bridge:

No way out

Don’t know the route

Dead ends fill up the mind

In too deep

That power creep

How could we have been so blind

Chorus:

I’m lost in the Labyrinth

Drunk on the absinthe

At the feet of the statue

In the House of Hyacinth

The horns of the Minotaur

Rip into the scar

Crawling again

But I never make it far

Clawing the wall

Try to climb, but I fall

Turn the corner

Stumble down another hall

No map to this maze

I’m blind in the haze

There’s no exit, I know

I’ve gone all the ways

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Take the test below. Which version of the lyrics is written by a human?

Written by Jared Roy Endicott and ChatGPT 3.5