Here's an entertaining example. When I prompted, "Show me five examples of famous comedians making jokes that include the past perfect verb tense," the results may charitably be described as whacky. The examples cited real comedians but the jokes were fabricated. The bots seemed to be trying to impress me with their ability to mimic the style of the comedians. In addition, while the bots could readily define the past perfect tense, they had trouble identifying it. It reminds me of another much-hyped feature of machine learning -- language translation. So much promise! So much left to be desired! It is making progress, to be sure, but not at the rate stock investors tend to look for.
I've been doing similar experiments, creating lesson material for English learners. This has made me familiar with the chatbots' essay style. Once you get over marveling at the machines' newfound ability, you begin to see that all the AI essays have an eerie similarity. That includes the one you posted. I've also encountered the bots' (admitted and widely reported) tendency to be inaccurate, and to fabricate without bothering to make clear they've done so. The fears I've been reading about AI are real, but another one has been percolating in my mind: How deep will the inevitable crash be when, as with all new technologies, the hype around this one falls short of the billions of dollars invested in it? Subtract AI from the recent history of the markets, and things don't look good at all.
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Here's an entertaining example. When I prompted, "Show me five examples of famous comedians making jokes that include the past perfect verb tense," the results may charitably be described as whacky. The examples cited real comedians but the jokes were fabricated. The bots seemed to be trying to impress me with their ability to mimic the style of the comedians. In addition, while the bots could readily define the past perfect tense, they had trouble identifying it. It reminds me of another much-hyped feature of machine learning -- language translation. So much promise! So much left to be desired! It is making progress, to be sure, but not at the rate stock investors tend to look for.
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I've been doing similar experiments, creating lesson material for English learners. This has made me familiar with the chatbots' essay style. Once you get over marveling at the machines' newfound ability, you begin to see that all the AI essays have an eerie similarity. That includes the one you posted. I've also encountered the bots' (admitted and widely reported) tendency to be inaccurate, and to fabricate without bothering to make clear they've done so. The fears I've been reading about AI are real, but another one has been percolating in my mind: How deep will the inevitable crash be when, as with all new technologies, the hype around this one falls short of the billions of dollars invested in it? Subtract AI from the recent history of the markets, and things don't look good at all.
Post: Man vs. Machine
Link to comment from May 25, 2024