They are trained to give answers which sound convincing on a first glance, for simple questions in most fields that strongly correlates with the correct answer. So, asking something simple on a topic I have no clue has a high likelihood to yield the answer I’m looking for.
The problem is, if I have no clue, the only way to know if I exceeded the “really simple” ralm is by trying the answer and failing, because chatgpt has no concept of verifying it’s own answers or identifying its own limitations, or even to “learn” from it’s mistakes, as such.
I do know some very similar humans, though: Very assertive, selling guesses and opinions as facts, overestimating themselves, never backing down. ChatGPT might replace tech-CEOs or politicians 😁
It’s entirely possible! I remember listening to a podcast on AI, where they mentioned someone once asked the questions “which mammal lays the largest eggs” to which the ai responded with elephants, and proceeded to argue with the user that it was right and he was wrong.
It has become a lot easier as I’ve learned how to kind of coach it in the direction I want, pointing out obvious errors and showing it what I’m really looking to do.
Ai is a great tool, when it works. As the technology improves I’m sure it will rapidly get better.
Another fun example is “how many giraffes have been landed on the moon?” Because it’s a question that lends itself to a creative answer but obviously the answer is 0, no giraffes have been flown into space
They are trained to give answers which sound convincing on a first glance, for simple questions in most fields that strongly correlates with the correct answer. So, asking something simple on a topic I have no clue has a high likelihood to yield the answer I’m looking for.
The problem is, if I have no clue, the only way to know if I exceeded the “really simple” ralm is by trying the answer and failing, because chatgpt has no concept of verifying it’s own answers or identifying its own limitations, or even to “learn” from it’s mistakes, as such.
I do know some very similar humans, though: Very assertive, selling guesses and opinions as facts, overestimating themselves, never backing down. ChatGPT might replace tech-CEOs or politicians 😁
It’s entirely possible! I remember listening to a podcast on AI, where they mentioned someone once asked the questions “which mammal lays the largest eggs” to which the ai responded with elephants, and proceeded to argue with the user that it was right and he was wrong.
It has become a lot easier as I’ve learned how to kind of coach it in the direction I want, pointing out obvious errors and showing it what I’m really looking to do.
Ai is a great tool, when it works. As the technology improves I’m sure it will rapidly get better.
Another fun example is “how many giraffes have been landed on the moon?” Because it’s a question that lends itself to a creative answer but obviously the answer is 0, no giraffes have been flown into space
So is the answer a platypus? I think that’s the only mammal that lays eggs, but now I’m wondering about echidnas.