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Pretty much that. Your average politician on this side of the pond is not much better than the ones on the other side And to be even more honest, technical peo

Pretty much that. Your average politician on this side of the pond is not much better than the ones on the other side And to be even more honest, technical people have a very hard time getting their point across non-technical people and engaging in politics

ben_w 4y ago
Perfect use case for ChatGPT. Sure, I'd be as surprised as anyone else if it could straight up write good laws, but it can almost certainly talk in political jargon better than any of us software developers can manage.
- b112 4y ago
  Perfect use case for ChatGPT. You lunatic!! You have damned us all! The genie, it is released, the bottle broken, forever unstopped. PoliticianGPT, oh the humanity!
  - ben_w 4y ago
    We can also use it to TL;DR the laws and turn them into non-jargon, help us find and work against bad laws more easily. I've lost track of which version passed which exams, but recent news suggests v4 scores highly on (at least one) bar exam (I don't know if bar exam is "noob lawyer" or "good lawyer", but either way, even v3.5 can do more than me).
lucaspfeifer 4y ago
In response to your second statement: Technical people have been able to explain their ideas well enough to get them funded and implemented in a business setting. So we must ask, what is the difference between getting something done in business vs. in the government. Politicians, in order to get reelected, need soundbites that can be understood within the average attention span, which is not long enough to capture the more subtle details. Though tech people might provide them with these details, they are often lost in the execution or distorted by special interest lobbyists. Ideally, leaders would listen to the tech experts, translate that information into plain english, compile it into a detailed and concise plan, present that plan to voters within the average attention span, and execute the plan faithfully. Unfortunately, most of our current congress people, to use a metaphor, are not willing to 'rock the boat'. We need our politicians to put logic and reason above obedience, have high standards for legislature, and make this legislature in service of the nation.
- raverbashing 4y ago
  > Technical people have been able to explain their ideas well enough to get them funded and implemented in a business setting. Including a lot of vapid or just bad ideas that had no way of working, and they convinced investors of giving them money At the same time good ideas might not have gotten financing due to lack of a good presentation

ben_w 4y ago

Perfect use case for ChatGPT. Sure, I'd be as surprised as anyone else if it could straight up write good laws, but it can almost certainly talk in political jargon better than any of us software developers can manage.

b112 4y ago
Perfect use case for ChatGPT. You lunatic!! You have damned us all! The genie, it is released, the bottle broken, forever unstopped. PoliticianGPT, oh the humanity!
- ben_w 4y ago
  We can also use it to TL;DR the laws and turn them into non-jargon, help us find and work against bad laws more easily. I've lost track of which version passed which exams, but recent news suggests v4 scores highly on (at least one) bar exam (I don't know if bar exam is "noob lawyer" or "good lawyer", but either way, even v3.5 can do more than me).

lucaspfeifer 4y ago

In response to your second statement: Technical people have been able to explain their ideas well enough to get them funded and implemented in a business setting. So we must ask, what is the difference between getting something done in business vs. in the government. Politicians, in order to get reelected, need soundbites that can be understood within the average attention span, which is not long enough to capture the more subtle details. Though tech people might provide them with these details, they are often lost in the execution or distorted by special interest lobbyists. Ideally, leaders would listen to the tech experts, translate that information into plain english, compile it into a detailed and concise plan, present that plan to voters within the average attention span, and execute the plan faithfully. Unfortunately, most of our current congress people, to use a metaphor, are not willing to 'rock the boat'. We need our politicians to put logic and reason above obedience, have high standards for legislature, and make this legislature in service of the nation.

raverbashing 4y ago
> Technical people have been able to explain their ideas well enough to get them funded and implemented in a business setting. Including a lot of vapid or just bad ideas that had no way of working, and they convinced investors of giving them money At the same time good ideas might not have gotten financing due to lack of a good presentation