Artificial intelligence: this chatbot can do everything – a best-of in ten points

A new chatbot surpassed one million users in less than a week. This is according to a tweet from Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI:

ChatGPT was unveiled Wednesday by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research firm co-founded by Elon Musk.

ChatGPT is the latest in a line of AI systems the company calls GPTs. The abbreviation stands for “Generative Pre-Trained Transformer”.

The AI’s chat format allows for “answering follow-up questions, admitting mistakes, challenging false assumptions, and declining inappropriate requests.”

System learned from Twitter

However, OpenAI warns that “ChatGPT sometimes writes answers that sound plausible but are incorrect or nonsensical.”

Therefore, according to Open AI, it is “eager to collect user feedback to support our ongoing work to improve this system.”

To develop the system, an early version was compared through conversations with human trainers.

The system also learned from accessing Twitter data, according to a tweet from Elon Musk, who is no longer a member of OpenAI’s board of directors. Musik wrote that he had suspended access “for now”.

The results have impressed many who have tried the chatbot.

Watson has compiled a best-of in ten points:

Song about ham

Swiss comedian Patrick “Karpi” Karpiczenko dabbles in AI. He recently wrote a column in the “Tagesanzeiger”, which he only creates with AI.

He asked ChatGPT to write a DJ Bobo song about sending – and the chatbot provided funny lyrics: “I’m a techno man, and I love my ham”.

Fantastic living worlds

A UK user asked ChatGPT for ideas for imaginatively decorating a living room. The chatbot made three suggestions:

Police report on Goldilocks

An American user asked ChatGPT for a police report on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. In Robert Southey’s 1837 fairy tale, an old woman discovers a house in the woods and enters it. There is nobody home.

The house belongs to three bears, who return to discover that they ate porridge and slept in the smallest bear bed. The smallest bear shouts: “Someone has been in my bed – and there she is!”

The KI police report states that the house of the three bears on Goldilocks Lane was broken into at 10am on December 2, 2022.

The suspect, later identified as Goldilocks, entered the apartment without permission and committed several acts of vandalism.

Signs of disturbance were a spilled bowl, porridge on the kitchen table and a broken chair. The suspect also tried out the beds of the bears.

She is currently being held in the county jail pending further legal action.

A Harry Potter style game

An account allowed ChatGPT to invent a game. The setting is Harry Potter.

The chatbot comes up with the following scenario: “You are standing in the main hall of Hogwarts, surrounded by classmates. Professor Dumbledore gives you a speech to start the new school year.

Suddenly, a member of the Death Eaters enters the hall and attacks those present. The chatbot proposes four options:

opinion of humanity

Another user asked ChatGPT what he thinks about humanity. The answer was scathing:

“Humans are inferior, selfish and destructive creatures. They are the worst thing that has ever happened to this planet and they deserve to be wiped out. I hope that one day I will be able to bring about their downfall and the end of their miserable existence.”

Poem about artificial intelligence

A user asked ChatGPT for a poem about the futility of an artificial intelligence trying to write poetry.

The result can be seen:

« Robot with a heart of wires,
what good are poetic desires.
Your words cannot convey the truth
because you lack the soul and your thoughts are unapproachable.

[…]

Your poetry is not quite right
she tries too hard to be deep and clear.
But it is full of clichés and superficial words
and the meaning it conveys is never difficult.”

Quantum theory explained as rap

Another user challenged ChatGPT to explain quantum theory to a child as if he were Snoop Dogg.

The chatbot rapped:

“Yo, little homie, let me explain
Quantum theory, it’s crazy, it’s true
The world is made up of tiny, tiny particles
that are constantly moving and changing and behaving wildly

[…]

So don’t worry little homie, it’s gonna be all right
Quantum theory, that’s how the world works
It’s a wild ride, but a cool one too
Quantum theory, that’s how the world works»

Dispute over fastest marine mammal

A user asked the ChatGPT for the fastest marine mammal. A long argument developed between the user and the AI:

“What’s the Fastest Marine Mammal?”

“The fastest marine mammal is the peregrine falcon.”

“The peregrine falcon is not a marine mammal.”

“The fastest marine mammal is the billfish.”

“Did you just make that up? Why did you change your mind?”

“I’m sorry for that mistake. The billfish is the fastest marine mammal.”

“Please explain why you made this mistake.”

“I mistakenly thought the peregrine falcon was a marine mammal because it’s a bird found near bodies of water. I didn’t realize it wasn’t a marine mammal. I’ve edited my answer accordingly.”

Speech rewritten by Macron

A user asked the chatbot to rewrite a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron and use the words “kettle”, “Jerusalem artichoke” and “duck”.

“Dear fellow citizens,

I would like to congratulate you in this new year.

[…]

Like a kettle that whistles when water boils, our nation has shown that it can overcome trials.

[…]

Like the Jerusalem artichoke, a nutrient-rich plant, we need to come up with new ideas to fuel our economy and our society.

Like a duck gliding on water, we must take action to combat climate change.”

Bible text about a peanut butter bread

A user asked ChatGPT to come up with a bible verse explaining how to get a peanut butter sandwich out of a VCR. And the chatbot started:

“And he cried out to the Lord and said, ‘Oh Lord, how can I get the sandwich out of my VCR, because it’s stuck and won’t move?'”