Chatgpt is interesting but often wrong. If you ask it to list all the countries in the world that start with the letter "V" it will say there are no countries. If you say, what about Vanuatu it will apologize and say you're correct. Unless you save your file, the next time you ask, it will still say there are none. So I decided to ask it to list all the countries in the world (there are 196) and it offered to list them all alphabetically but it stopped at 150. I then asked it how many countries started with "V" and it said none. I asked it why it stopped after country 150 and it said sorry, I misread your question and then it listed them again but this time it stopped after 141? That was odd so I asked it why did you do that? It apologized and then said that it was character limited as to how long its response could be but offered to list them all. This time it listed all 196 and then I asked it to list all countries that start with "V" it listed 4 (the appropriate number). So I guess this means that even when I didn't ask it to print them all out, it was doing that in the background to come to my answer and even then it was character limited? It's interesting to try to figure out its "logic". Even when you get a wrong answer you can usually re-ask the question in a more specific way and you will then get a correct answer. Of course, if you didn't already know much about the subject matter you wouldn't know what to ask. I asked it to list the planets that started with "V" and it said there were none and then listed the planets, including Venus. I think a more accurate approach for Chatgpt seems to be to ask it to list all the members of the set and then to ask it to list the subset (everything starting with V) and then it would usually get that correct.
I like how it apologizes when wrong. It could teach humanity a thing or two about humility. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
ChatGPT has been programmed to avoid giving accurate information if it may cause offense https://quillette.com/2023/02/21/artificially-intelligent-offense/ IOW, we'll never have uncompromised AI, due to a universal ethics standard of "avoiding physical and psychological cruelty in various forms and degrees" that is perpetually refined down to ever more delicate sensitivities. That extremely broad standard falls out via it being the survivor of the moral relativism that collectivism-oriented philosophy ultimately "evolves" to, since it must stitch together the conflicting values of different cultures in its monomaniacal pursuit of social justice utopia or orchestrating us toward a perfect humankind. It incrementally gets "refined down" to ever more ludicrous considerations because that portion of the intellectual class that deems itself the enlightened shepherd of us all unsurprisingly needs to maintain its empowerment or guiding influence (it's as much a job and career securing industry as some parallel altruistic movements of Christianity). On occasions when a social problem actually does get mitigated (for whatever real reasons), the resulting loss for the propaganda machine spurs it to conceptually and perceptually discriminate new sources or fine-tunings of personal harms and oppression. _
Me: "Write me a poem about a possum and some car keys." ChatGPT: A possum was looking for a place to sleep He found a car that was parked on the street He crawled inside and felt so cozy He didn't notice the shiny car keys He snuggled up on the driver's seat And dreamed of berries and nuts to eat But in the morning he heard a beep The owner had come to claim his jeep The possum woke up with a fright He grabbed the keys and held them tight He thought they were his lucky charm He didn't mean to cause any harm But the owner was angry and scared He yelled at the possum and glared He tried to snatch the keys away But the possum refused to obey They had a tug-of-war for a while The possum showed his teeth and smiled He thought it was a fun game to play But the owner didn't see it that way Finally, the owner gave up and sighed He decided to let the possum decide He said "You can keep the keys if you want" And left the car with a grunt The possum was happy and proud He felt like he had won a crowd He hung the keys around his neck And drove away in his new wreck.
Me: Can you re-write the poem about the possum using iambic pentameter? ChatGPT: A possum sought a place to rest his head He found a car that on the street was parked He climbed inside and felt a warmth so sweet He did not see the keys that brightly sparked He curled up on the seat where drivers sit And dreamed of tasty berries and of nuts But in the morn he heard a sound so loud The owner had arrived to claim his truck The possum woke and felt a sudden fear He clutched the keys and thought they brought him luck He did not know they were not his to keep He did not mean to make the owner stuck But angry was the owner and afraid He shouted at the possum and he frowned He tried to take the keys back from his grasp But stubborn was the possum and he growled They pulled and tugged for quite a longish time The possum showed his teeth and gave a grin He thought it was a game that they could play But not amused was owner by this sin At last, the owner gave up and he sighed He let the possum have his way at last He said "You can keep those keys if you desire" And left behind his car without contrast The possum felt so happy and so proud He thought that he had won a prize so grand He wore the keys around his furry neck And drove away in his new contraband.
Me: Can you summarise that poem as a limerick? ChatGPT: There once was a possum so sly Who found a car keys and thought "Oh my!" He took them as his own And left the owner alone And drove away in his new ride.
