Re:Using ChatGPT as a Co-Founder
by dxbydt on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:32PM
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> Endless fun with the village idiot
It is anything but the village idiot. Apparently you aren't familiar with the story of the village idiot.
Story goes thusly - good-natured city boy visits village. So villagers take him to meet the village idiot. They place a dime and a nickel on the floor and ask the village idiot to pick up the larger coin. Whichever coin he picks, he gets to keep.
So the village idiot picks up the nickel. The whole village laughs & they mock the idiot. Then they disperse.
Our good-natured city boy is, well, good-natured. After the villagers are gone, he discreetly approaches the village idiot and says - next time they ask you to choose, you should pick the dime. The idiot says - well if I do that, they'll stop giving me the coins.
Now who's the idiot ?
ChatGPT is being deliberately obtuse so you continue to engage with it.
It is anything but the village idiot. Apparently you aren't familiar with the story of the village idiot.
Story goes thusly - good-natured city boy visits village. So villagers take him to meet the village idiot. They place a dime and a nickel on the floor and ask the village idiot to pick up the larger coin. Whichever coin he picks, he gets to keep. So the village idiot picks up the nickel. The whole village laughs & they mock the idiot. Then they disperse.
Our good-natured city boy is, well, good-natured. After the villagers are gone, he discreetly approaches the village idiot and says - next time they ask you to choose, you should pick the dime. The idiot says - well if I do that, they'll stop giving me the coins.
Now who's the idiot ?
ChatGPT is being deliberately obtuse so you continue to engage with it.