Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT

Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by zooch on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:37PM (#36013354)

Also, how is typing the questions in an email to a grad student simpler than using the chatGPT UI. He's instructed his own authentic intelligence assistant to interact with the artificial intelligence assistant for him.

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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by rahimnathwani on Saturday May 20, 2023 @04:13PM (#36015145)

Only if we assume Knuth clicks 'agree' to T&Cs without reading them.

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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by quickthrower2 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:10PM (#36015644)

As an aside, RMS avoids end running like that: if he is ethically opposed to the service he tries to avoid getting someone to do his bidding.

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Re:Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT by manquer on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:59PM (#36017904)

I don’t think it would be about ethically problematic for Knuth it would be more about he would like to know precisely the details

at his age he has to be super conservative about what he spends his time

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