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You're missing that a large number of people don't go into it "trying to break it"

joe_the_user 4y ago
I didn't go into it trying to break or trick it. The only thing tricky about the questions I asked was that I knew the answer to them. I don't think it's necessary dumber than the first page of a Google search but it's certainly not more well informed than that. But it certainly seems smart, which is actually a bit problematic.
- oefrha 4y ago
  It’s actually not that different from chatting to the know-it-all type of Internet rando: they can talk to you about anything and seem knowledgeable on all of them, but go into a topic you actually know about and you realize they’re just making shit up or regurgitating myths they read somewhere. You can find that kind of user on HN.
- andai 4y ago
  Yeah this is my main concern about GPT-3, there's no truth-fiction slider, and it will often slip complete fabrications into the output, making it dangerous to rely on for real world information. Which is really a shame, because it does actually give great output most of the time.
  - dingclancy 4y ago
    I have never seen a human made website with a truth-fiction slider. The answers can be straight up false and scary, but it is no different from other publications out there. Even with the most credible news sources, it is still up to the person reading it to sense the BS.
  - deadpannini 4y ago
    Why is this a special concern about GPT-3? I cannot think of an institution, entity, or tool about which those statements are not true. Replace "GPT-3" with "Hacker News posters" "Wikipedia", or "News broadcasts" to create three more 100%-accurate paragraphs.
- joenot443 4y ago
  It’s a technical preview, not a finished product. If they’d tested it on every combination of Kerouac novels before release, it would probably never see the light of day :) I’m still incredibly impressed.
- Existenceblinks 4y ago
  I never believe in natural lang to tell computer to do things with an objective of getting certain result (been skeptical since pre-2011). It wouldn't be used to fly plane without lots of physical buttons as a fallback. Composing rigid instructions for computer is already hard, even with precise semantics defined. Even with static typed, dynamic typed, developers will try hard to get rid of a single bug. AI will serve as a middleware with an objective of arbitrary result. Human |> UI (request) |> AI |> UI (response) |> Human |> UI (request with heuristic) |> Computer does thing
- checkyoursudo 4y ago
  Okay, so what is the best race to play as a druid? Now you have to prove that you are not the chatbot, Mr ChatBot.
ignoramous 4y ago
> a large number of people... Not today. Not yet.

I didn't go into it trying to break or trick it. The only thing tricky about the questions I asked was that I knew the answer to them. I don't think it's necessary dumber than the first page of a Google search but it's certainly not more well informed than that. But it certainly seems smart, which is actually a bit problematic.

oefrha 4y ago
It’s actually not that different from chatting to the know-it-all type of Internet rando: they can talk to you about anything and seem knowledgeable on all of them, but go into a topic you actually know about and you realize they’re just making shit up or regurgitating myths they read somewhere. You can find that kind of user on HN.
andai 4y ago
Yeah this is my main concern about GPT-3, there's no truth-fiction slider, and it will often slip complete fabrications into the output, making it dangerous to rely on for real world information. Which is really a shame, because it does actually give great output most of the time.
- dingclancy 4y ago
  I have never seen a human made website with a truth-fiction slider. The answers can be straight up false and scary, but it is no different from other publications out there. Even with the most credible news sources, it is still up to the person reading it to sense the BS.
- deadpannini 4y ago
  Why is this a special concern about GPT-3? I cannot think of an institution, entity, or tool about which those statements are not true. Replace "GPT-3" with "Hacker News posters" "Wikipedia", or "News broadcasts" to create three more 100%-accurate paragraphs.
joenot443 4y ago
It’s a technical preview, not a finished product. If they’d tested it on every combination of Kerouac novels before release, it would probably never see the light of day :) I’m still incredibly impressed.
Existenceblinks 4y ago
I never believe in natural lang to tell computer to do things with an objective of getting certain result (been skeptical since pre-2011). It wouldn't be used to fly plane without lots of physical buttons as a fallback. Composing rigid instructions for computer is already hard, even with precise semantics defined. Even with static typed, dynamic typed, developers will try hard to get rid of a single bug. AI will serve as a middleware with an objective of arbitrary result. Human |> UI (request) |> AI |> UI (response) |> Human |> UI (request with heuristic) |> Computer does thing
checkyoursudo 4y ago
Okay, so what is the best race to play as a druid? Now you have to prove that you are not the chatbot, Mr ChatBot.

ignoramous 4y ago

> a large number of people... Not today. Not yet.