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Why is this terrifying? The prompt gave it the scenario and every detail; ChatGPT did exactly what it was told. If anything, this is less creative than the leaf

Why is this terrifying? The prompt gave it the scenario and every detail; ChatGPT did exactly what it was told. If anything, this is less creative than the leaf example.

jfk13 4y ago
> ChatGPT did exactly what it was told Actually, I'd suggest it didn't. The prompt implies (but without explicitly stating) that she is the passenger (maybe even one of several) in the helicopter. You wouldn't say "in which only she survives" if she was alone. But the response has her piloting it, with no mention of others on board. I think this illustrates how ChatGPT doesn't really understand the text it is manipulating.
- LesZedCB 4y ago
  To be fair, I also didn't notice until the third time I read it. Call me inattentive maybe, but I at least understand the text. I just missed a single word
- karamanolev 4y ago
  A careful human that spends a good amount thinking of everything that is implied and how it should be put together is unlikely to make that mistake. But I'd argue the vast majority of people (if you sample all Americans for example, and that's a well developed nation) will do equally or worse with that prompt.
  - Invictus0 4y ago
    No one that ever dreamed of an AGI would have been satisfied with it being of only middling intelligence.
    - karamanolev 4y ago
      I'm not projecting my AGI dreams on ChatGPT. I'm being insanely impressed by what it does and continuing to see massive progress in that direction is thrilling, worrisome, interesting and so on. Nitpicking that it made a mistake in such a subtle assumption and handwaving away its understanding of things is disingenuous.
      - jfk13 4y ago
        Yes, it does some seriously impressive things. (Some of the time.) But to refer to it as "understanding" anything is to make a rather large leap of faith, IMO. (Or it's a devaluing of the word "understand".)
dazc 4y ago
I employ a copywriter who can knock out 300 words on a range of subjects, to a very high standard, based on a similarly short prompt. I don't think she needs to worry just yet although I would suggest she doesn't think about upping her rates any time soon.

Why is this terrifying? The prompt gave it the scenario and every detail; ChatGPT did exactly what it was told. If anything, this is less creative than the leaf example.

jfk13 4y ago

> ChatGPT did exactly what it was told Actually, I'd suggest it didn't. The prompt implies (but without explicitly stating) that she is the passenger (maybe even one of several) in the helicopter. You wouldn't say "in which only she survives" if she was alone. But the response has her piloting it, with no mention of others on board. I think this illustrates how ChatGPT doesn't really understand the text it is manipulating.

LesZedCB 4y ago
To be fair, I also didn't notice until the third time I read it. Call me inattentive maybe, but I at least understand the text. I just missed a single word
karamanolev 4y ago
A careful human that spends a good amount thinking of everything that is implied and how it should be put together is unlikely to make that mistake. But I'd argue the vast majority of people (if you sample all Americans for example, and that's a well developed nation) will do equally or worse with that prompt.
- Invictus0 4y ago
  No one that ever dreamed of an AGI would have been satisfied with it being of only middling intelligence.
  - karamanolev 4y ago
    I'm not projecting my AGI dreams on ChatGPT. I'm being insanely impressed by what it does and continuing to see massive progress in that direction is thrilling, worrisome, interesting and so on. Nitpicking that it made a mistake in such a subtle assumption and handwaving away its understanding of things is disingenuous.
    - jfk13 4y ago
      Yes, it does some seriously impressive things. (Some of the time.) But to refer to it as "understanding" anything is to make a rather large leap of faith, IMO. (Or it's a devaluing of the word "understand".)

dazc 4y ago

I employ a copywriter who can knock out 300 words on a range of subjects, to a very high standard, based on a similarly short prompt. I don't think she needs to worry just yet although I would suggest she doesn't think about upping her rates any time soon.