Can YOU spot the poetic ROBOT?

In the dark world of George Orwell 1984, the'proles' are forced to read meaningless poetry written by a computer. It might seem like a far-fetched scenario, but Orwell may have touched upon a future trend when he published his novel in 1949. Today, computers can do anything from interact with humans to predict their behaviour – and one could someday become the next poet laureate. The site lets you play a game titled'bot or not' to see if you can distinguish if a poem was written by a computer or a human The Bot or Not website, created by Australians Benjamin Laird and Oscar Schwartz, reveals just how adept computers have become at writing poetry. The site lets you play a game titled'bot or not' to see if you can distinguish if a poem was written by a computer or a human.