The Results | Collaborating with ChatGPT: A Playful Spin on Vintage Verse

A)

See old Michelson looking for fringes.
When the telescope shakes, how he cringes!
And the turbulent air,
Makes him tear out his hair,
And get drunk on the wildest of binges.

B)

There was an old physicist named Michelson,
Whose search for fringes was never done.
But the telescope’s quiver,
Made him need a stiff liver,
So, he drank and got tipsy for fun.

A)

See old Michelson looking for fringes.
When the telescope shakes, how he cringes!
And the turbulent air,
Makes him tear out his hair,
And get drunk on the wildest of binges.

P. Kebabian

B)

There was an old physicist named Michelson,
Whose search for fringes was never done.
But the telescope’s quiver,
Made him need a stiff liver,
So, he drank and got tipsy for fun.

ChatGPT

A)

Sir Isaac, the king of optics and light,
Would scrub in the tub with all his might.
For an hour or more,
He’d clean and explore,
To avoid those pesky Newtonian rings in sight.

B)

Sir Isaac was one of those kings,
Of optics and other bright things.
But when he took a shower,
He’s scrub for an hour,
On his tub to avoid Newton’s rings.

A)

Sir Isaac, the king of optics and light,
Would scrub in the tub with all his might.
For an hour or more,
He’d clean and explore,
To avoid those pesky Newtonian rings in sight.

ChatGPT

B)

Sir Isaac was one of those kings,
Of optics and other bright things.
But when he took a shower,
He’s scrub for an hour,
On his tub to avoid Newton’s rings.

D.A. Richards

A)

Though a Michelson interferometer is neat,
And with a Golay bolometer it can measure heat,
For a grilled hamburger’s fate,
A thermometer is first-rate,
As the tool that’s reliable and hard to defeat.

B)

Though a Michelson interferometer,
Equipped with a Golay bolometer,
Could measure the heat,
In grilled hamburger meat,
It will never replace the thermometer.

A)

Though a Michelson interferometer is neat,
And with a Golay bolometer it can measure heat,
For a grilled hamburger’s fate,
A thermometer is first-rate,
As the tool that’s reliable and hard to defeat.

ChatGPT

B)

Though a Michelson interferometer,
Equipped with a Golay bolometer,
Could measure the heat,
In grilled hamburger meat,
It will never replace the thermometer.

F.F. Hall

A)

In the lab, it’s essential to say,
An optical hammer can go a long way.
With a light tap or a slight knock,
It can ensure your setup is no shock,
And your measurements won’t go astray.

B)

There is no faint penumbra of doubt,
In the lab one should not be without,
A light optical hammer,
To give things a slam,
Or that final adjustment, a clout.

A)

In the lab, it’s essential to say,
An optical hammer can go a long way.
With a light tap or a slight knock,
It can ensure your setup is no shock,
And your measurements won’t go astray.

ChatGPT

B)

There is no faint penumbra of doubt,
In the lab one should not be without,
A light optical hammer,
To give things a slam,
Or that final adjustment, a clout.

R. I. MacDonald

A)

In Science, I say almost gaily,
New discoveries are made nearly daily.
But in Optics, it’s true,
There is nothing new.
‘Twas all done before by Lord Rayleigh.

B)

Each day in science, I do declare,
New discoveries are made beyond compare.
Yet in optics, it’s been found,
Little is there to astound,
For Lord Rayleigh’s done it all with flair.

A)

In Science, I say almost gaily,
New discoveries are made nearly daily.
But in Optics, it’s true,
There is nothing new.
‘Twas all done before by Lord Rayleigh.

P. Nisenson

B)

Each day in science, I do declare,
New discoveries are made beyond compare.
Yet in optics, it’s been found,
Little is there to astound,
For Lord Rayleigh’s done it all with flair.

ChatGPT

A)

A photon emitted from Sirius,
Followed a path quite mysterious.
For this quantum of action,
By gravitational attraction,
Passed near a black hole and disappearedious.

B)

A photon once left Sirius so bright,
And followed a path of curious light.
It encountered a black hole’s bend,
Where its journey came to an end,
Lost to the attraction’s mighty bite.

A)

A photon emitted from Sirius,
Followed a path quite mysterious.
For this quantum of action,
By gravitational attraction,
Passed near a black hole and disappearedious.

B. Seliger

B)

A photon once left Sirius so bright,
And followed a path of curious light.
It encountered a black hole’s bend,
Where its journey came to an end,
Lost to the attraction’s mighty bite.

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