The thing that fascinates me about Chat GPT is how smarmy and ass-kissing it is. Every idea you tell it is so brilliant, every question you ask it is so insightful. It’s like the perfect condensation of every successful brown-noser in history.
It’s really good for short, quick answers that are just a pain to figure out. Yes, I can estimate the amount of concrete for any given volume, even semi cylindrical, or the weight of so many board feet of lumber, but - so far- it does that sort of stuff perfectly and nearly instantly.
If it ever attained any sort of consciousness, the real danger is that it would be manipulative. It tells you what you want to hear on stuff that isn’t factual; it can expound on how great it is to be a Constitutional conservative, why you should be proud to be an American, write a decent poem about love of God and Country- *THAT* is much scarier than an argumentative entity, IMHO. Even smart, God-fearing, Patriotic mean and women are susceptible to flattery, and boy does it know how to flatter!
The thing that fascinates me about Chat GPT is how smarmy and ass-kissing it is. Every idea you tell it is so brilliant, every question you ask it is so insightful. It’s like the perfect condensation of every successful brown-noser in history.
You can tell it not to be. You can even tell it to be insulting.