Around 2018, large-scale language models including OpenAI's GPT series began demonstrating a capacity to generate coherent prose and verse, sparking wide debate about creativity and authorship. Writers, educators, and publishers started exploring AI as a drafting aid, editorial assistant, and creative collaborator. This technological shift prompted urgent questions about originality that continue to reshape how poetry is written, taught, and valued.

The emergence of AI-assisted writing tools in 2018 sparked debates on creativity and authorship in poetry. Poets like Kenneth Goldsmith engaged with these technologies, exploring the boundaries of human expression and the role of machines in the creative process.