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It reminded me of those chatbots from the 70s which would give vague replies to your question that at first glance looks relevant to what you're saying, but are

It reminded me of those chatbots from the 70s which would give vague replies to your question that at first glance looks relevant to what you're saying, but are actually just generic nonsense.

gokhan 6y ago
Dr. Sbaitso.
- zzbzq 6y ago
  It reminds me exactly of Dr. Sbaitso. The difference is, with Sbaitso you noticed after its second reply it was all non-sequitur stuff. With GPT-3 it's more verbose so it takes 3-4 replies that go in different directions to notice its replies were merely vague suggestions because it never really had a point to make.
cmrdporcupine 6y ago
I'm pleased to see that Emacs still ships with "doctor" Eliza mode.
segfaultbuserr 6y ago
I can absolutely guarantee you that this is not one of those chatbots from the 70s. You need to pay a few bucks to unlock the Dragon model, which is based on GPT-3, the default engine is not. Once the new model is selected, start the game with "(6) Custom" mode, and input an arbitrary body of text, then the program will start writing. Although the output is biased for playing text adventure game, but the input is really arbitrary, just throw whatever you have on your hands, and very likely, it's able to give a reasonable output. At least when I tried, AI Dragon was able to write the first chapter of a hypothetical textbook on electronics engineering for me, filled with nonsense but all the technical terms are correct (e.g. common-base amplifier, base-emitter junction, MOSFET, etc), it was even able to write down the rise time to bandwidth formula. On an another attempt, it was able to write a Sci-Fi adventure story similar to Ghost in the Shell with minimum human guidance, 95% of the output is automatically generated. And none of the output was a copy from a known source, it was all original without human assistance.
- JetSpiegel 6y ago
  > I can absolutely guarantee you that this is not one of those chatbots from the 70s. If random people on the Internet say so... It's still much worse than Zork, that ran on a Z80. Here's a "cyberpunk story": You are Bobby Tables, a cop living in the the futuristic city of Zail. You have a laser pistol and a stunner. You are part of a police unit tasked with finding government criticizers. You wake up in the morning and hear on the radio that a dissident has been captured. Using public transport, you arrive at Cafe Nervosa, the dissidents favorite hang out, to find it filled with cops. > You break some kneecaps. You try to get the ah-ha moment. You see a man and a woman arguing about the government but you can't make out what they are saying. > You murder black people. You spot a bum sleeping against a wall. You know the He said to charge, but you lov e to negotiate. You try to walk straight up to him, but people move out of your way. > You plant evidence. You go straight to the gateman. "I wan t to plant evidence," you say. He looks at you, puzzled. "You don't want to w ant to plant evidence." "Yes...?" ... > You say "do you feel lucky, punk?" The woman rolls her eyes. "What the hell...?" she says. She pulls a walky talkie out of her pocket and speaks into it. "I need back up, over." A pause. > You say "did I fire 6 shots, or only 5?" She looks at you. "What?
travbrack 6y ago
The free version uses gpt-2. You'll need to pay to use the "Dragon" engine which is gpt-3. Edit: looks like there's a 7-day trial

It reminded me of those chatbots from the 70s which would give vague replies to your question that at first glance looks relevant to what you're saying, but are actually just generic nonsense.

gokhan 6y ago

Dr. Sbaitso.

zzbzq 6y ago
It reminds me exactly of Dr. Sbaitso. The difference is, with Sbaitso you noticed after its second reply it was all non-sequitur stuff. With GPT-3 it's more verbose so it takes 3-4 replies that go in different directions to notice its replies were merely vague suggestions because it never really had a point to make.

cmrdporcupine 6y ago

I'm pleased to see that Emacs still ships with "doctor" Eliza mode.

segfaultbuserr 6y ago

I can absolutely guarantee you that this is not one of those chatbots from the 70s. You need to pay a few bucks to unlock the Dragon model, which is based on GPT-3, the default engine is not. Once the new model is selected, start the game with "(6) Custom" mode, and input an arbitrary body of text, then the program will start writing. Although the output is biased for playing text adventure game, but the input is really arbitrary, just throw whatever you have on your hands, and very likely, it's able to give a reasonable output. At least when I tried, AI Dragon was able to write the first chapter of a hypothetical textbook on electronics engineering for me, filled with nonsense but all the technical terms are correct (e.g. common-base amplifier, base-emitter junction, MOSFET, etc), it was even able to write down the rise time to bandwidth formula. On an another attempt, it was able to write a Sci-Fi adventure story similar to Ghost in the Shell with minimum human guidance, 95% of the output is automatically generated. And none of the output was a copy from a known source, it was all original without human assistance.

JetSpiegel 6y ago
> I can absolutely guarantee you that this is not one of those chatbots from the 70s. If random people on the Internet say so... It's still much worse than Zork, that ran on a Z80. Here's a "cyberpunk story": You are Bobby Tables, a cop living in the the futuristic city of Zail. You have a laser pistol and a stunner. You are part of a police unit tasked with finding government criticizers. You wake up in the morning and hear on the radio that a dissident has been captured. Using public transport, you arrive at Cafe Nervosa, the dissidents favorite hang out, to find it filled with cops. > You break some kneecaps. You try to get the ah-ha moment. You see a man and a woman arguing about the government but you can't make out what they are saying. > You murder black people. You spot a bum sleeping against a wall. You know the He said to charge, but you lov e to negotiate. You try to walk straight up to him, but people move out of your way. > You plant evidence. You go straight to the gateman. "I wan t to plant evidence," you say. He looks at you, puzzled. "You don't want to w ant to plant evidence." "Yes...?" ... > You say "do you feel lucky, punk?" The woman rolls her eyes. "What the hell...?" she says. She pulls a walky talkie out of her pocket and speaks into it. "I need back up, over." A pause. > You say "did I fire 6 shots, or only 5?" She looks at you. "What?

travbrack 6y ago

The free version uses gpt-2. You'll need to pay to use the "Dragon" engine which is gpt-3. Edit: looks like there's a 7-day trial