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"How many hours ago was june 1st 1972": https://chat.openai.com/share/3e3bb478-f7b1-49e1-81f9-235afe4a882a https://chat.openai.com/share/3e3bb478-f7b1-49e1-81f9

by jerf 3y ago

"How many hours ago was june 1st 1972": https://chat.openai.com/share/3e3bb478-f7b1-49e1-81f9-235afe4a882a https://chat.openai.com/share/3e3bb478-f7b1-49e1-81f9-235afe... Payload of the answer: "So, approximately 455,796 hours have passed since June 1, 1972, as of February 16, 2024." Today (as I write this) minus 455,796 hours: https://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadded.html?m1=2&d1=16&y1=2024&type=sub&ay=&am=&aw=&ad=&h1=11&i1=16&s1=15&ah=455796&ai=&as=&rec= https://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadded.html?m1=2&d1=16&y... Which is Thursday, February 17, 1972. Since it just did the year and ignored the month you were asking about. (I accidentally deleted my first conversation instead of sharing it but it gave this answer twice.) The real question though isn't whether ChatGPT is wrong, the real question is, can you detect it? That's going to be the important question here going forward.

swozey 3y ago
Ha, I didn't actually test it and I was curious if the answer would deviate at all from reality. Thanks for doing the math. Thankfully I know what bad rust looks like, but I'll totally get suckered for the wrong math.
simonw 3y ago
Try "How many hours ago was June 1st 1972? Use Python" https://chat.openai.com/share/d5264b01-3be5-4d59-b175-34ad904235f7 https://chat.openai.com/share/d5264b01-3be5-4d59-b175-34ad90... "June 1st, 1972 was approximately 453,304 hours ago." Code it generated and ran: from datetime import datetime # Current date and time now = datetime.now() # Date and time for June 1st, 1972 then = datetime(1972, 6, 1) # Calculate the difference in hours difference = (now - then).total_seconds() / 3600 This illustrates my biggest complaint about ChatGPT right now: the amount of knowledge and experience you need to have to use it really effectively is extremely deep. How are regular users meant to know that they should hint it to use Code Interpreter mode for a question like this?
- swozey 3y ago
  You're 100% right, I use it daily like I said and I really have NO idea what all the other options are. I tested a plugin or two and it caused problems with something so I disabled it. I need to dig more into how much more I can do.

by jerf 3y ago

swozey 3y ago

Ha, I didn't actually test it and I was curious if the answer would deviate at all from reality. Thanks for doing the math. Thankfully I know what bad rust looks like, but I'll totally get suckered for the wrong math.

simonw 3y ago

Try "How many hours ago was June 1st 1972? Use Python" https://chat.openai.com/share/d5264b01-3be5-4d59-b175-34ad904235f7 https://chat.openai.com/share/d5264b01-3be5-4d59-b175-34ad90... "June 1st, 1972 was approximately 453,304 hours ago." Code it generated and ran: from datetime import datetime # Current date and time now = datetime.now() # Date and time for June 1st, 1972 then = datetime(1972, 6, 1) # Calculate the difference in hours difference = (now - then).total_seconds() / 3600 This illustrates my biggest complaint about ChatGPT right now: the amount of knowledge and experience you need to have to use it really effectively is extremely deep. How are regular users meant to know that they should hint it to use Code Interpreter mode for a question like this?

swozey 3y ago
You're 100% right, I use it daily like I said and I really have NO idea what all the other options are. I tested a plugin or two and it caused problems with something so I disabled it. I need to dig more into how much more I can do.