Re:ChatGPT – The Revolutionary Bullshit Parrot
by andrepd on Saturday April 01, 2023 @07:28AM
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I have. Here is a list of things at which it failed:
- Write a dead simple piece of code, which is however NOT found as an immediate answer to a stackoverflow question (I've tried this one upwards of 10 times, with no success)
- Categorise a chord when I tell it the constituent pitches, and vice-versa
- Solve a simple quadratic equation
- Show a biography of this mildly obscure singer/politician/scholar
- Write poetry in a given style
- Give me references to read up on a certain technical topic
ALL of these it fails, or rather, worse than fails: it spews plausible bullshit with the same confidence and tone it would spew correct answers. It can go up to manufacturing references and attributing to real people's names.
- Write a dead simple piece of code, which is however NOT found as an immediate answer to a stackoverflow question (I've tried this one upwards of 10 times, with no success)
- Categorise a chord when I tell it the constituent pitches, and vice-versa
- Solve a simple quadratic equation
- Show a biography of this mildly obscure singer/politician/scholar
- Write poetry in a given style
- Give me references to read up on a certain technical topic
ALL of these it fails, or rather, worse than fails: it spews plausible bullshit with the same confidence and tone it would spew correct answers. It can go up to manufacturing references and attributing to real people's names.