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Last week, we ran an item headlined "Karma Police," into which we incorporated a bunch of song titles about karma; one per paragraph. We said we would reveal the songs today.
We are going to do that, of course, but we're also going to include two other bits of information. First is alternate songs suggested by readers who sent their answers in. Second, reader C.H. in Atlanta, GA, submitted the whole quiz to ChatGPT. So, continuing with our "How good is AI?" series, we'll give those answers, too. And away we go:
| Para. | Our Song | Other Possibilities | AI's Answer |
| 1 | Instant Karma, John Lennon | Instant Karma | |
| 2 | You Get What You Give, New Radicals | Bad Behaviour, Mabel | You Get What You Give |
| 3 | Run Of The Mill, George Harrison | Legal Eagles, Rod Stewart Lies, Fleetwood Mac At the Outset, Angelo Giambra |
Give It Away, Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 4 | Only A Matter Of Time, Joshua Bassett | Espionage Act, Mosey Jones Only a Matter of Time, Dream Theater |
Turn off the Camera, Reel Big Fish |
| 5 | Bad Blood, Taylor Swift | Obstruction of Justice, Danny Hinrichs Like a Canary, Johnny Action Figure The Prisoner's Dilemma, Brian Whitmer |
Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan |
| 6 | Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood | A Tangled Web We Weave, Tim Reynolds Tangled Web, Matt Hires The Point of No Return, Kansas Double Down, Hunter and the Dirty Jacks |
Chameleon, Herbie Hancock |
| 7 | Karma's Payment, Modest Mouse | Deep Doo Doo, Tom Lehrer Get Closer, Seals & Crofts Matter of Time, Sharon Jones |
Tuesday, iLoveMakonnen ft. Drake |
| 8 | What Goes Around... Comes Around, Justin Timberlake | Walls Get Closer, Ko Ko Mo General Public, General Public Painful Lesson, Ben Becker |
What Goes Around... Comes Around |
| 9 | Karma Chameleon, Culture Club | Bad Karma, Axel Thesleff Behind Bars, Slick Rick |
Bad Karma, Ida Maria |
Thanks to readers K.H. in Maryville, TN; M.W. in Los Altos Hills, CA; M.P. in Los Angeles, CA; P.F. in Wixom, MI; C.R. in Vancouver, BC, Canada; V.M. in Cleveland, OH; S.S. in Toronto, ON, Canada; C.M. in Frisco, TX; J.A. in St Petersburg, FL; A.B. in Wendell, NC; V.H. in Tucson, AZ; C.K.S. in Berkeley, CA; D.E. in Lancaster, PA; G.C. in Alexandria, VA; J.N. in Zionsville, IN; J.K. in Stanhope, NJ; V.F. in Bowie, MD; M.D.H. in Coralville, IA; T.B. in Richardson, TX and J.B. in Nashville, TN, for the additional suggestions, and again to C.H. in Atlanta for the AI submission. With a 30% success rate, the AI didn't do very well, obviously. (Z)