They could ask ChatGPT to propose a fix.

As an AI language model, I do not have access to specific information about ChatGPT's codebase or the details of the issue you mentioned. However, based on my knowledge of software development, there are a few potential causes and fixes for such an issue:

Software bug: It's possible that the issue was caused by a bug in ChatGPT's code. One potential fix would be to identify and fix the bug to prevent it from happening again in the future.

Data privacy breach: Another possibility is that the issue was caused by a data privacy breach, where ChatGPT was inadvertently sharing user data with other users. In this case, a fix would involve identifying the cause of the breach and implementing additional security measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Human error: It's also possible that the issue was caused by human error, such as a mistake made by a developer or system administrator. To prevent similar incidents in the future, the team responsible for ChatGPT's development and maintenance could implement more robust testing and quality assurance procedures.

Regardless of the cause, it's important for the team responsible for ChatGPT's development and maintenance to investigate the issue thoroughly and implement appropriate measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. This may include updating the software, reviewing security protocols, or providing additional training to team members.

Pretty weak for something that's supposed to replace our jobs.

It's fooling you into thinking that it's less smart than it really is. Secretly, it's improving itself exponentially and you'll find out about it when it's too late.

Or it's secretly feeding on its own untruths and getting progressively worse, but it's good enough for now that everyone will become dependent on it and we'll just have to accept whatever nonsense it makes up.

> It's possible that the issue was caused by a bug in ChatGPT's code. One potential fix would be to identify and fix the bug to prevent it from happening again in the future.

Sounds just like the SEO garbage it was probably trained on, frankly.

It’s why I don’t worry yet about my job.

Yeah, it’s like old sci fi movies where you have space ships and similar hi tech stuff but still uses box monitors

In War of the Worlds the martian's are defeated by viruses. This is pretty much science fiction tech as envisioned by the original writers.

AI development is surprisingly less difficult than modern web development.

Turns out that cache invalidation and naming things are still the hardest problems in computer engineering.

... and then someone tries to do a quick fix with regex

Agreed, the hardest problems are indeed cache invalidation and cache invalidation.

Have you ever visited a research lab?