Officer Smith Poem AI Generated

AI is troubling. But beyond faked Iran photos there's this. I asked "Google" to give me the poem that is inscribed on the CMPD Officer Robert L. Smith Memorial at the Mecklenburg County Park. Instead of giving me the text of the poem on the front of the granite monument it generated the following poem.

This is AI generated:

Here is a poem dedicated to the memory of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Robert Louis Smith, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

The quiet streets of Charlotte slept,
While in the dark a vigil kept.
Young Robert walked the midnight line,
Where duty's call and courage shine.

With flashlight raised to pierce the gloom,
He faced the sudden, crashing doom.
A rifle's roar, a sudden spark,
A hero taken in the dark.

For seven years he held the shield,
And swore that he would never yield.
Though only twenty-seven years,
His loss remains through passing tears.

Let Mecklenburg remember well,
The brave who in the shadows fell.
A memory bright, a guiding light,
A guardian of the Carolina night.

Officer Smith's sacrifice continues to be honored alongside other fallen heroes, ensuring his seven years of service to the Charlotte community are never forgotten.

Everything above is AI generated with zero input.