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> "helium" and "balloon" have a more awkward rhythm than "confetti" and "cannon". It also loses the connotations of sudden, explosive and exciting change. Not
by pmoriarty 4y ago
> "helium" and "balloon" have a more awkward rhythm than "confetti" and "cannon". It also loses the connotations of sudden, explosive and exciting change.
Not only that, but "the confetti has left the cannon" is an alliteration, which makes the phrase even more poetic.
- leereeves 4y agoI actually agree, it's a very good phrase. But I do think it's cherry picking the most impressive example. I repeated the dialog (and some variations), each time asking for a completely new idiom, and ChatGPT responded with several phrases that aren't new at all: "The toothpaste is out of the tube" "The lid has been lifted" "The secret has been spilled" "The arrow has left the bow"
- selcuka 4y ago> But I do think it's cherry picking the most impressive example. Yes, but don't we cherry pick from what humans have said, too? I'm sure there have been many dumb and obvious proverbs that didn't survive. > ChatGPT responded with several phrases that aren't new at all Are you using the GPT-4 version of ChatGPT? That's what GP used.
- DoctorOetker 4y agoit also attests to the ramifications, the magnificent difficulty of cleaning confetti, you will keep occasionally finding confetti around the house for months or years