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This feels like it wad generated by GPT-3. Am I going nuts? I just came to HN after falling into a whirlpool of "Best Coffee Makers for 2022" SEO spam sites (wa

This feels like it wad generated by GPT-3. Am I going nuts? I just came to HN after falling into a whirlpool of "Best Coffee Makers for 2022" SEO spam sites (waste of a Sunday morning), and noting how each AI-written "review" followed the same introductory pattern of chitchat. And then I come here and find a paper that sounds like it's by the same AI author. >> Darwinian evolution tends to produce energy-efficient outcomes. On the other hand, energy limits computation, be it neural and probabilistic or digital and logical. Taking a particular energy-efficient viewpoint, Someone tell me that's not GPT. Compare with this from a coffeemaker fake review site: >> The more features something has, the more you can make use of it, such is the principle rule of products and services alike. This rule is why companies try to compete with each other on their best products. >> Hence, the brand Imusa is no exception to this, as they make an electric mocha maker that is loaded with features. To unpack all of the features, we must start with the build quality and work all the way down to the specifics. [edited to add comparison]

echelon 5y ago
Your direct quote sounds like any scientific paper.
svnt 5y ago
It’s the loose use of “on the other hand” when the two constraints are not clearly first presented as being in opposition. I am frankly not sure that either of those are GPT-generated —- perhaps they can be read instead as illustrative of word-count driven human egotism and inconsistent writing.
- noduerme 5y ago
  I think you nailed it. I think GPT has a poker tell. The tell is beginning the second sentence or paragraph with "on the other hand", followed by a statement which doesn't directly relate to or contradict the opener. When real people say "on the other hand", it usually precedes something that's in direct opposition to whatever logical point they began with. [edit] FWIW, this behavior is startlingly similar to the way storefront psychics conduct a "cold read". They present two views which are both agreeable but could be considered contradictory, and wait to see which one their mark gravitates to. It's likely we've only programmed AIs that are modeled to trip people's emotional wires. Basically Eliza 3.0.

echelon 5y ago

Your direct quote sounds like any scientific paper.

svnt 5y ago

It’s the loose use of “on the other hand” when the two constraints are not clearly first presented as being in opposition. I am frankly not sure that either of those are GPT-generated —- perhaps they can be read instead as illustrative of word-count driven human egotism and inconsistent writing.

noduerme 5y ago
I think you nailed it. I think GPT has a poker tell. The tell is beginning the second sentence or paragraph with "on the other hand", followed by a statement which doesn't directly relate to or contradict the opener. When real people say "on the other hand", it usually precedes something that's in direct opposition to whatever logical point they began with. [edit] FWIW, this behavior is startlingly similar to the way storefront psychics conduct a "cold read". They present two views which are both agreeable but could be considered contradictory, and wait to see which one their mark gravitates to. It's likely we've only programmed AIs that are modeled to trip people's emotional wires. Basically Eliza 3.0.