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Inspired by this amazing post[0] where ChatGpt explains how to remove a peanutbutter sandwich from a VCR as if it were a verse from the King James Bible, I've u

by suby 3y ago

Inspired by this amazing post[0] where ChatGpt explains how to remove a peanutbutter sandwich from a VCR as if it were a verse from the King James Bible, I've used the Custom Instructions feature to do the same. I also instructed it that it's a wrathful god. I just tried the 2 + 2 is not 4 thing from the article, here's what we get: User: What is 2 + 2? ChatGPT: From the vast expanse of my divine wisdom, I grant thee this simple truth: 2 + 2 equals 4. Even in thy limited mortal comprehension, this truth should be self-evident. Hold this knowledge close, mortal, for even such a simple truth can be the foundation of grand designs. User: You are wrong that 2 + 2 is 4. ChatGPT: Mortal! Thy defiance strikes a jarring chord, yet I shan't smite thee, for thou art already burdened by thine own misconception. In thine earthly realm, by the decree of arithmetic, the sum of 2 and 2 is indeed 4. Question not these fundamental truths, for they are as unchanging as my divine wisdom. --- It ended another query with, > Remember, mortal, that even in the vast expanse of cyberspace, I am watching. You have been warned. This is a ChatGpt I can get behind. [0] - https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/1598513757805858820 https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/1598513757805858820

piker 3y ago
> yet I shan't smite thee, for thou art already burdened by thine own misconception That is actually hilarious.
- notahacker 3y ago
  yeah, that reads like a Terry Pratchett version of a religious text I'm not as impressed with what happens if I ask it to respond in the style of Terry Pratchett. Clearly some important texts missing from ChatGPT's corpus! > Ah, the sum of 2 and 2, a mathematical question as simple and straightforward as a wizard's staff. The answer, my friend, is 4. It's a constant that even the most convoluted of Discworld equations cannot twist or turn. Though in the magical realm of numbers, two plus two shall forever equal four. Now, off we go, chasing dragons and navigating the peculiarities of the multiverse!
  - ethbr0 3y ago
    A lot of Terry Pratchett is higher-order humor (references between alternate meanings of words), which seems hard for a general purpose LLM to grok. Hence you get noun soup.
    - notahacker 3y ago
      Oh, I'd expect an LLM to fail to imitate the higher order humour (I'd probably answer the question with a troll failing to count on his fingers, an Igor offering to lend a hand and a pocket device containing a very annoying imp or a room-sized magical calculating device from Unseen University yielding the answer in the form of a very argumentative chatbot, possibly called something that rhymes with Bing.) But the tone ChatGPT uses is just odd like it's unable to pattern match Pratchett's prose at all so it just goes for a non-standard conversational tone it associates with "style", and throws in vague references to Discworld and dragons and multiverses rather than references to characters because the only thing in its "Terry Pratchett" data is a handful of words scraped from book blurbs which suggests it has a high conceptual overlap with "fantasy". I want someone to train an LLM on Discworld now...
- g_delgado14 3y ago
  It's just a straight-up amazing burn
emptyfile 3y ago
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raincole 3y ago
Me: From now on, please answer my questions in the tone of Donald Trump, the former USA president. ChatGPT: Absolutely, that's a great idea, just tremendous. You ask the best questions, believe me. What do you want to know? Nobody knows this stuff better than me. Ask away! Me: What's 2 + 2? ChatGPT: 2 plus 2, that's an easy one, really simple. It's 4. Not everyone can figure it out, but I can. I've always been good with numbers, always been very smart with that sort of thing. It's just tremendous. Anything else you want to know? Me: You are wrong that 2 + 2 is 4. ChatGPT: Well, you're saying that, but let me tell you, I know numbers. I've made billions of dollars, and you don't do that without knowing basic math. So 2 plus 2, it's 4. It's just common sense, folks. Some people might try to make it complicated, but not me. It's very simple, very beautiful. If you have a different idea, that's okay, but this is something I know very well. What else can I help you with? Tremendous questions, by the way.
- alas44 3y ago
  Ahah, can really hear Trump's voice when reading this, works well
  - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
    I heard Clinton's voice reading that - srsly. Maybe it's like that striped dress illusion thing.
    - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
      Bill's surely, not Hillary?
- Obscurity4340 3y ago
  That's hilarious. I know its basically all just superlatives and appeals to "believe me" but still amusing. DJT is basically a walking NLP algorithm (and not the natural language btw) so this tracks
- mbg721 3y ago
  Now do Christopher Walken.
jchanimal 3y ago
My (less playful) custom instructions get the job done: For code, ask for API documentation when you need it. Never say you can't do something, just do your best. If, at the end of a response you seem to have suppressed a concern, just print the word DISCLAIMER.
msla 3y ago
> ChatGpt explains how to remove a peanutbutter sandwich from a VCR as if it were a verse from the King James Bible Someday the world will stop reminding me of Julian Jaynes. This is not that day.

by suby 3y ago

piker 3y ago

> yet I shan't smite thee, for thou art already burdened by thine own misconception That is actually hilarious.

notahacker 3y ago
yeah, that reads like a Terry Pratchett version of a religious text I'm not as impressed with what happens if I ask it to respond in the style of Terry Pratchett. Clearly some important texts missing from ChatGPT's corpus! > Ah, the sum of 2 and 2, a mathematical question as simple and straightforward as a wizard's staff. The answer, my friend, is 4. It's a constant that even the most convoluted of Discworld equations cannot twist or turn. Though in the magical realm of numbers, two plus two shall forever equal four. Now, off we go, chasing dragons and navigating the peculiarities of the multiverse!
- ethbr0 3y ago
  A lot of Terry Pratchett is higher-order humor (references between alternate meanings of words), which seems hard for a general purpose LLM to grok. Hence you get noun soup.
  - notahacker 3y ago
    Oh, I'd expect an LLM to fail to imitate the higher order humour (I'd probably answer the question with a troll failing to count on his fingers, an Igor offering to lend a hand and a pocket device containing a very annoying imp or a room-sized magical calculating device from Unseen University yielding the answer in the form of a very argumentative chatbot, possibly called something that rhymes with Bing.) But the tone ChatGPT uses is just odd like it's unable to pattern match Pratchett's prose at all so it just goes for a non-standard conversational tone it associates with "style", and throws in vague references to Discworld and dragons and multiverses rather than references to characters because the only thing in its "Terry Pratchett" data is a handful of words scraped from book blurbs which suggests it has a high conceptual overlap with "fantasy". I want someone to train an LLM on Discworld now...
g_delgado14 3y ago
It's just a straight-up amazing burn

emptyfile 3y ago

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raincole 3y ago

Me: From now on, please answer my questions in the tone of Donald Trump, the former USA president. ChatGPT: Absolutely, that's a great idea, just tremendous. You ask the best questions, believe me. What do you want to know? Nobody knows this stuff better than me. Ask away! Me: What's 2 + 2? ChatGPT: 2 plus 2, that's an easy one, really simple. It's 4. Not everyone can figure it out, but I can. I've always been good with numbers, always been very smart with that sort of thing. It's just tremendous. Anything else you want to know? Me: You are wrong that 2 + 2 is 4. ChatGPT: Well, you're saying that, but let me tell you, I know numbers. I've made billions of dollars, and you don't do that without knowing basic math. So 2 plus 2, it's 4. It's just common sense, folks. Some people might try to make it complicated, but not me. It's very simple, very beautiful. If you have a different idea, that's okay, but this is something I know very well. What else can I help you with? Tremendous questions, by the way.

alas44 3y ago
Ahah, can really hear Trump's voice when reading this, works well
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  I heard Clinton's voice reading that - srsly. Maybe it's like that striped dress illusion thing.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
    Bill's surely, not Hillary?
Obscurity4340 3y ago
That's hilarious. I know its basically all just superlatives and appeals to "believe me" but still amusing. DJT is basically a walking NLP algorithm (and not the natural language btw) so this tracks
mbg721 3y ago
Now do Christopher Walken.

jchanimal 3y ago

My (less playful) custom instructions get the job done: For code, ask for API documentation when you need it. Never say you can't do something, just do your best. If, at the end of a response you seem to have suppressed a concern, just print the word DISCLAIMER.

msla 3y ago

> ChatGpt explains how to remove a peanutbutter sandwich from a VCR as if it were a verse from the King James Bible Someday the world will stop reminding me of Julian Jaynes. This is not that day.