The next page in the book of AI evolution is here, powered by GPT 3.5, and I am very, nay, extremely impressed

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That is actually awesome. If I saw that as a surreal sketch on SNL with a good Travolta impersonator, I’d think it was genius.

Okay, so I wanted to see how ChatGPT does as a comedy writer. So I asked it to tell me all about the comedy of Steven Wright, then had it write me some jokes.

First, the description of Steven Wright:

And here are some ChatGPT original jokes in the style of Steven Wright:

“I was going to make a belt out of watches, but then I realized it would be a waist of time.”

“I decided to start a business selling land mines disguised as speed bumps. Slow business but steady growth.”

“I used to play the triangle in a reggae band, but we kept losing the beat.”

“I bought a house on a one-way dead-end road. I don’t know how I got there.”

I have to admit, “Waist of time” made me burst out laughing.

522

I just asked ChatGPT to write a joke about itself in the style of Steven Wright. Interesting result:

“I am a language model, I can understand and generate human-like text but I don’t have feelings or consciousness. I’m like a robot version of Steven Wright.”

Then it gets almost personal:

“I am a language model, I can process and understand any text, but I can’t experience them. It’s like reading a book, but not feeling the emotions of the characters”

“I am a language model, I can generate jokes, but I don’t have a sense of humor. It’s like having a comedy writer, that never laughed”

Oh, and ‘Waist of Time’ is an old joke, apparently. I confronted ChatGPT about it, and he said that sometimes because some jokes are short he’ll inadvertently reinvent one.

523

I asked ChatGPT to write a steampunk LARP, it was surprisingly good, if generic. My prompt was:

"For a LARP set in an inn, featuring a gathering of inventors for an exhibition of inventions, and an infiltration by airship pirates, suggest 10 characters ". It came up with:

The inn is hosting the annual Steampunk Expo, where inventors and engineers showcase their latest creations. However, a group of airship pirates, led by their charismatic captain, have taken over the inn and grounded their vessel nearby. They plan to use the Expo as a cover to steal valuable inventions and technology. The players take on the roles of different characters who are caught up in the situation, and must work together to stop the pirates and save the Expo.

Here is a suggested list of 10 characters:

A brilliant inventor who has spent years perfecting a new type of steam engine.
A skilled engineer who specializes in building clockwork automatons.
A daring pilot who flies a steam-powered airship.
A cunning detective who has been hired to provide security for the Expo.
A wealthy industrialist who is looking to invest in new technology.
A journalist who is covering the Expo for a major newspaper.
The captain of the pirate airship, who is determined to get his hands on valuable technology.
A member of the pirate crew who is torn between loyalty to the captain and a desire to leave the life of piracy.
A member of the local law enforcement who is tasked with keeping the peace at the Expo.
A member of the resistance movement who is trying to overthrow the tyrannical governor and gain control of the town’s resources.

Me:
Can you suggest a few props that could be incorporated into this LARP? And which characters might start out with the prop?

Here are a few props that could be incorporated into the Steampunk Expo LARP:

A working model of the inventor’s new steam engine. This prop could be used as a key piece of evidence for the detective character to examine when trying to track down the stolen technology.

A clockwork automaton. This prop could be used by the engineer character to showcase their work and impress potential investors.

A functional airship model. This prop could be used by the pilot character to demonstrate their flying skills and expertise.

A set of blueprints for a new invention. This prop could be used by the industrialist character to negotiate deals with the inventors and engineers.

A reporter’s notebook and pen. This prop could be used by the journalist character to take notes and gather information on the Expo and the pirate attack.

A set of lockpicks and other tools. This prop could be used by the detective character to gain access to locked areas or to disarm traps.

A set of fake ID’s and papers. This prop could be used by the pirate character to blend in and infiltrate the Expo.

A set of explosives and detonators. This prop could be used by the pirate character to sabotage the inventions and create a distraction.

A set of walkie-talkies. This prop could be used by the law enforcement character to communicate with other officers.

A blueprint of the town and its infrastructure. This prop could be used by the resistance character to plan their attack on the governor and his forces.

I’d play that LARP.

524

It’s even better. Jules is Samuel L. Jackson’s character. (Travolta plays Vincent Vega.) Now re-read it with Samuel L. playing the part!

525

Thanks for the link.

I tried Chatsonic with interesting results. It came up with nonsense when I asked it to analyze Robinson Jeffers poem “Boats in a Fog”. I accused it of error. After a lengthy exchange it responded that I gave it the wrong title. I actually meant “Carmel Point”. We then discussed Carmel Point. It seemed to have a bias toward uplifting interpretation which caused it to miss Jeffers’ position.

This is an amazing technology with a huge potential for cultural impact. But, premature application could result in a serious loss of public confidence. Expectations are high for AI.

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Regarding SNL: that’s actually how I spent most of my time playing with ChatGPT – getting it to write mashups of old SNL sketches and characters. Most were duds, but, man, several definitely cracked me up.

While I didn’t save any of my (its? our?) SNL outputs, here are some of the paths we explored:

  • Toonces meets Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party
  • The Dick-in-a-Box guys ride the David S. Pumpkins ride
  • Two Wild and Crazy Guys meet the Roxybury Guys at a club. They try to woo the same girls, then realize they are pretty much the same people, separated by time and space.

And so on.

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Since you’re already signed up, maybe try it on “Tell me something interesting about the number 2023”, which ChatGPT has consistently failed at. Recently it’s been able to recognize it as meaning a year rather than just a number, but got almost all its facts about the year wrong.

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“2023 is an interesting number for a variety of reasons. For one, it is a palindrome - when written backwards, it is still 2023. It is also the sum of the squares of the first 11 integers, and a highly abundant number, meaning the sum of its proper divisors is greater than the number itself. It is also the sum total of the degrees in a triangle and pentagon, suggesting it is connected to geometry and mathematics. Finally, 2023 is the atomic number of the element mercury, making it an important number in chemistry.”

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Thanks for doing that. Wow!!! It’s even worse than the latest iteration of ChatGPT. I was hoping that its alleged ability to access info on the internet might improve its skill, but nope.

This comes across as just completely making stuff up without any regard for facts. Its curious that bots with so much apparent knowledge so consistently fail this simple question.

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My convo about 2023…

what can you tell me about the year 2023?

I am not able to predict the future events of 2023, as my training data only goes up to 2021 and I am not connected to any live source of information. However, I can provide you with general information and knowledge that would be relevant to any year. Is there something specific you would like to know?

just general trivia facts

I do not have access to any information about current events or trivia facts for the year 2023 as my knowledge cut off is 2021 and I’m not connected to any live source. However, I can give you some general information that might be interesting. 2023 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium, the 23rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.

Also, 2023 is the end of the UN’s International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development” 2018–2028. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

tell me something interesting about the number 2,023 (ignoring the errors for now…)

2,023 is an interesting number in mathematics because it is a prime number. A prime number is a positive integer greater than 1 that has no positive integer divisors other than 1 and itself. For example, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13 are prime numbers, but 4, 6, 8, and 9 are not because they can be divided by other numbers.

2,023 is also an interesting number because it is a palindrome, which means it reads the same forwards and backwards (e.g. “1001”). Palindrome numbers are relatively rare, so finding one that is also prime, makes it even more interesting.

Additionally, 2,023 is the sum of three cubes in two different ways: 2023 = 13 + 123 + 123 = 103 + 93 + 93

2,023 backwards is 3,202 though

You are correct, I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. 2,023 backwards is 3,202, and it is not a palindrome number. However, it is still a prime number and it is still the sum of three cubes in two different ways: 2023 = 13 + 123 + 123 = 103 + 93 + 93

Thank you for bringing this to my attention, let me know if you have any further questions.*

13+123+123=259

I apologize for the confusion, you are correct that 13+123+123 does not equal to 2023.
In fact, 2023 is not sum of any cubes. My apologies for any confusion caused. Let me know if you have any other question.

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But, we were warned that they are not fact based. They only evaluate the frequency and order of words.

532

Still writes decent code though :smiley:

write a python script for determining if a integer is a prime number. request the integer as input

Here is a Python script that prompts the user for an integer input and determines if it is a prime number:

def is_prime(n):
if n <= 1:
return False
for i in range(2, n):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True

num = int(input("Enter an integer: "))

if is_prime(num):
print(num, “is a prime number.”)
else:
print(num, “is not a prime number.”)

533

It’ll happily add error handling and unit tests as well, if you ask it.

534

Try asking it to do an LSL script (used in Second Life). It thinks it knows how, but it usually fails utterly at anything more complex than a basic “hello world” script. It makes up nonexistent functions and tends to assume asynchronous functions directly return the requested data.

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I read that ChatGPT was actually fine-tuned for coding. Other LLMs that aren’t fine tuned can’t do coding like ChatGPT does, or not nearly as well.

Oe cool thing you can do with ChatGPT is just drop some code with a bug into it and say, “find what’s wrong with this” and it will do it almost every time.

Any programmer who isn’t working with a ChatGPT or equivalent window open beside them as they work is now at a big disadvantage.

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Yeah, that’s not too surprising, as there must be a limited amount of information out there on second life scripting than, say, Python. Stick to stuff that has a wide body of knowledge on the internet and gigabytes of examples, and ChatGPT does great.

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Professor Moriarty (yes, his real name) from the University of Nottingham evaluates ChatGPT on how it answers undergraduate physics exam questions and coding problems. TL;DW: it gets important bits wrong in the questions. For the code it wrote, excellent structure and the code will probably run, but it doesn’t translate the actual physics into code properly.

538

Neat! You and Lorne Michaels gots something in common.

539

I’m not even a coder or any part of the computer biz but that still chills (but also somehow thrills) me.

And this after ChatGPT has been around how long? Less than two months?

We’re in this strange gray area of time when some very intelligent people still don’t realize what a world-changer this is, and will be exponentially moreso, in the very-near future. Utterly amazing

That Sandheading reminds me of some people’s doubts about the internet in its early days.

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At least it is a great poem :slight_smile:

I know “The Raven”, which I think is also a great poem.

I even like The Simpsons version. The Simpsons - Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven - YouTube