Something that’s interesting about ChatGPT is that it still sounds convincing when it’s wrong.
One might argue that what’s been created is the machine equivalent of those dangerous people who sound equally plausible whether or not they actually know what they’re talking about.
Another illustration of this problem. https://twitter.com/arthurcdent/status/1599254361657716737
Oh my God.
I’ve just realised what ChatGPT reminds me of. It’s from Douglas Adams’ novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, published 35 years ago.
@jameselder Oh my Heart !!!!
@jameselder Perfect. In college, a buddy and mine and I came up with a business plan for 1-900-JUSTIFY where you call in with what you want to do and we provide the ethical, religious, economic, or legal reasoning for you doing what you want. We abandoned it because, ironically, we couldn't get around the ethical justification for the business.
@jameselder Yes, pre-internet so anyone confused will need to Google 1-900 numbers.
@MarkJurva
That's just a think tank.
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@jameselder I love Douglas self-irony about the Porsche :D
But to be fair, it seems OpenAI tried hard to get ChatGPT to stop you if you're up to too much nonsense, although it doesn't seem to come naturally to the bot...
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I can't see the image. :( Probably a server thing.
@jameselder Heh. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul is on my nightstand right now.
@jameselder further proof that Douglas Adams was a fucking prophet.
@jameselder Och ingen funderar på vad all man skriver till den tar vägen :)
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Reason 2.0 welcomes your review
and points you at https://xkcd.com/548/
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Future
@jameselder 😂 Hits the nail on the head!
@jameselder heh good call.
I have an anchor page for that software field...
http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/DecisionRationalizing
@jameselder always follow someone who looks like they know where they’re going. It will never take you where you want to be but will always lead you where you need to be.
@jameselder That book is an absolute gem!
@jameselder Douglas Adams was absolutely brilliant. I recently revisited the Hitchhiker's books but haven't read this one—will have to check it out.
@jameselder Sorry — I've read a fair bit of its output now, and I have never once thought that it reminded me of that late, great genius. We've seen really different output, I guess!
@jameselder Nice! I love that book!
Hot take: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is Douglas Adam's best book.
@a @jameselder And a great radio novel! When it comes to books, the other 2 Dirk Gently books (Long Dark Teatime of Soul and Salmon of Doubt) come close. And, of course "Last Chance to See" although it's less humourous.
The radio novels are soooo great though. Not only do they have a slightly different plot (Adams was of the opinion that every medium had its own perfect storyline) which makes it fun to listen to even if having read the books.
There are even some stories that aren't available as books, such as Shada, which is a Dr Who episode that wasn't realized in his life time and later also produced as a radio drama. It served partly as the base for the first DG novel (the other one is the TV serial "City of Death" is the other, and he also wrote "Pirate Planet" for Dr Who).
Dr Who and the Krikkitmen is another honorable mention, a story that was never accepted as a Dr Who serial but was then reworked into the tertiary phase of the Hitchhiker's Guide.
Oh, and the DG stories were made to TV series twice, one by BBC which is absolutely cute but soooo under budget bordering to trashy (in a good way). And a loose adaptation by BBC America that still captures the spirit well IMHO.
Just... don't confuse the radio drama with the audio books :)
@ljrk @jameselder I forgot that the radio novels exist! I've only ever read Douglas Adam's books, so I'll have to check out the radio novels too some time.
@a @jameselder I can only recommend them. As mentioned earlier, don't get the audio books, they're shite, but the actual radio dramas which have multiple actors and effects :-D
IIRC the original radio series even up to the Hexagonal Phase (written by Eoin Colfer to finish the series on a good end) can be found on https://archive.org.
@jameselder Seems they've erred on the side of caution and explicitly trained #ChatGPT not to give potentially ruinous advice.
@jameselder Fitting, that the original tweet is from an account called "Arthur Dent" :-)
Also, this is followed by:
"... The deal put WayForward on a very sound financial foundation. Its moral foundation, on the other hand, is not something I would want to trust my weight to. I’ve recently been analysing a lot of the arguments put forward in favour of the Star Wars project, and if you know what you’re looking for, the pattern of the algorithms is very clear"
The great philosopher^Wauthor Douglas Adams highlights the important problems as usual: Abuse, especially by military & police, and how technology is quickly used for the worst. He was a complete nerd though.
@jameselder that was a great book!
@jameselder One of my favorite books! ❤️
@jameselder Regarding that conclusion, the NSA will absolutely love it when GPT can better handle summarizing large documents.