Re:ChatGPT: The Slickest Con Artist of All Time
by joe_the_user on Friday February 03, 2023 @04:45PM
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Yeah, in my experimenting with ChatGPT, it seems quite good at condensing factual information where there's not much chance that people will making things up online.
The thing is that this doesn't extend to situations where, say, a common summary of a topic isn't true when one looks at things in more detail.
For example, Earnest Hemingway is know for "short, concise sentences" and ChatGPT will give this description when asked about his style. But Hemingway in fact used complicate compound sentences fairly frequently - sentences by that a Strunk and White style definition should be broken up. ChatGPT will not admit this even when prompted (though I think most actual critics say this), and it will recommend the long sample sentence I give it be broken up.
The thing is that this doesn't extend to situations where, say, a common summary of a topic isn't true when one looks at things in more detail.
For example, Earnest Hemingway is know for "short, concise sentences" and ChatGPT will give this description when asked about his style. But Hemingway in fact used complicate compound sentences fairly frequently - sentences by that a Strunk and White style definition should be broken up. ChatGPT will not admit this even when prompted (though I think most actual critics say this), and it will recommend the long sample sentence I give it be broken up.