I know to some of you it may not be much, but I really didn't want to write this letter and was sitting on it. The Ai spat it out in seconds.
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Narz
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I'm sure there are already bots that can work tinder for you and you can only take over once the bot has found a girl who's actually serious (unless that person is also an advanced bot lol)
Thorgalaeg
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As a lawyer i am used to write this kind of texts. AI looks useful to get the text well written and make it sound nice but when it comes to reference concrete laws and articles the AI tends to get it all wrong, quoting articles not related at all and such, at least on Spanish laws, don't know USA.
It is vaguely ominous ^^
Chatgpt has no feelings and it shows.
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In the future the internet will be just bots pretending to be human talking to each other. (On some sites that's already the case.)
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Hygro's initial guess was correct. It has chosen to mimic restrained lawyer-speak: "as you are aware," "you were contracted," "completed initially to a satisfactory standard." It is, as Kyr, characterizes it "vaguely ominous," and as to Thor's point, it's like the first letter that a lawyer would send: "I'm not yet going to start quoting the actual law to you; this is your chance to work things out before I have to do that."
That Chat GPT (and the others) are good at tone is, on the one hand, not surprising (since that's what mimics pick up on), but on the other hand is fascinating (since we think of that as the particularly human thing about verbal interaction).
I'm not surprised that you feel this was labor-saving, Aiken. It's not the content that is hard to get expressed in a situation like this; it is precisely the tone that one works to get right: firm enough to prompt action, but not so aggressive as to get someone's back up.
Thank you very much for sharing it.
It just imitates writing style of the people who have no feelings.
Ask it to write love letter instead, or something.
Dear red_elk,
I hope this letter finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express the depth of my feelings for you.
From the first time we met, I felt a spark between us, a connection that I couldn't explain. As we got to know each other better, that spark grew into something more, something beautiful and real.
Your kindness, your intelligence, your sense of humor, your strength - all of these qualities draw me to you like a magnet. When we're together, I feel like I'm home, like everything in the world is right.
I admire you for the way you tackle challenges with determination and grace. You inspire me to be a better person, to live my life to the fullest, and to appreciate the beauty in the world.
I could go on and on about all the things I love about you, but words can only do so much. The truth is that I am head over heels in love with you. You are the missing piece that I never knew I needed, the one who makes my life feel complete.
I hope that you feel the same way about me, and that we can continue to explore this beautiful journey of life together. I look forward to every moment we get to spend together, and I am excited to see where our love will take us.
Yours always,
[Your Name]
Write me one back?
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ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue
We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is...
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I tried it too. So here is something generic but also (due to some undercurrent) ominous. Courtesy of ChatGPT:
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Dear Y,
I hope this letter finds you well. It's been some time since we last spoke, and I wanted to reach out to you about something that's been on my mind for a while now.
As you know, we've had our differences in the past, but I've always tried my best to approach those conflicts with understanding and compassion. I believe that the key to any successful relationship is open communication and a willingness to compromise, and I hope that we can continue to build upon that foundation.
Recently, I've been reflecting on the nature of our relationship and how it has changed over time. There have been certain events in the past that have had a profound impact on both of our lives, and while I don't wish to dwell on those events, I do feel that it's important to acknowledge their existence.
It's no secret that our experiences have been vastly different, and while I don't begrudge you for the choices you've made, I do feel that I've been left with certain consequences that I've struggled to come to terms with. As difficult as it may be for me to admit, I feel that I've been left with a deficit that I'm not sure how to address.
That being said, I don't want to place the blame solely on you. We both have our own unique perspectives and experiences, and we must both take responsibility for our actions.
However, I do believe that there is something that you could do to help me in this situation. I know that it's been some time since we lived in the dorms together, but I've never forgotten about what happened during that time. Your actions caused me a great deal of pain, and I've struggled to move on from that experience.
I don't want to make any demands, and I certainly don't expect you to provide me with anything that you don't feel comfortable giving. However, I do hope that you will consider my request for considerable amounts of teddy bears. Teddy bears have always held a special place in my heart, and I believe that they could help me find some measure of comfort and peace in the wake of what has happened.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and for considering my request. I hope that we can continue to build a relationship based on mutual respect and understanding.
Sincerely,
X
"
Now gib considerable amounts of teddy bears, or else.
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Dear Y,
I hope this letter finds you well. It's been some time since we last spoke, and I wanted to reach out to you about something that's been on my mind for a while now.
As you know, we've had our differences in the past, but I've always tried my best to approach those conflicts with understanding and compassion. I believe that the key to any successful relationship is open communication and a willingness to compromise, and I hope that we can continue to build upon that foundation.
Recently, I've been reflecting on the nature of our relationship and how it has changed over time. There have been certain events in the past that have had a profound impact on both of our lives, and while I don't wish to dwell on those events, I do feel that it's important to acknowledge their existence.
It's no secret that our experiences have been vastly different, and while I don't begrudge you for the choices you've made, I do feel that I've been left with certain consequences that I've struggled to come to terms with. As difficult as it may be for me to admit, I feel that I've been left with a deficit that I'm not sure how to address.
That being said, I don't want to place the blame solely on you. We both have our own unique perspectives and experiences, and we must both take responsibility for our actions.
However, I do believe that there is something that you could do to help me in this situation. I know that it's been some time since we lived in the dorms together, but I've never forgotten about what happened during that time. Your actions caused me a great deal of pain, and I've struggled to move on from that experience.
I don't want to make any demands, and I certainly don't expect you to provide me with anything that you don't feel comfortable giving. However, I do hope that you will consider my request for considerable amounts of teddy bears. Teddy bears have always held a special place in my heart, and I believe that they could help me find some measure of comfort and peace in the wake of what has happened.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and for considering my request. I hope that we can continue to build a relationship based on mutual respect and understanding.
Sincerely,
X
"
Now gib considerable amounts of teddy bears, or else.
Hygro
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It has become increasingly obvious, though, that chatGPT is (what it says on the tin) impressive primarily due to being a chat-bot, with natural responses. The format of the responses can change if you prompt it to do so, but it clearly starts from rigid templates.
Which is fine. Great even (excellent for code or similar, though still makes small mistakes even there). But of course it is not intelligent or sentient or similar.
A bot doesn't have to be sentient to be extremely useful.
Another case of minor mistakes - which do show, however, that the reader has to be alert, not rely blindly on the bot - are errors it produced when I asked it to present any one way to code something as a cypher using also a keyword term. Its first answer had a curious double mistake in shifting the numerical value of a letter to the keyword-replaced one. When I asked about it, it acted as if it had given the new answer it now gave, originally too.
Which is fine. Great even (excellent for code or similar, though still makes small mistakes even there). But of course it is not intelligent or sentient or similar.
A bot doesn't have to be sentient to be extremely useful.
Another case of minor mistakes - which do show, however, that the reader has to be alert, not rely blindly on the bot - are errors it produced when I asked it to present any one way to code something as a cypher using also a keyword term. Its first answer had a curious double mistake in shifting the numerical value of a letter to the keyword-replaced one. When I asked about it, it acted as if it had given the new answer it now gave, originally too.
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Narz
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Dear husband,
When I read your letter I was overwhelmed w emotion, I finally felt seen and heard, like you were making a true effort to understand for the first time in years.
Then I realized you just used a bot to write your anniversary letter.
I want a divorce.
When I read your letter I was overwhelmed w emotion, I finally felt seen and heard, like you were making a true effort to understand for the first time in years.
Then I realized you just used a bot to write your anniversary letter.
I want a divorce.
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Yes, I was going to make this point exactly. If you get a "love letter" like this, RUN!
And OMG, Kyr's is fantastic. One of the points there is the same as the one in the NYT column: that the longer the bot goes, the more it veers into inappropriate formulations, that sound creepy or unhinged.
Spill the beans, Kyr. What happened between you and Chat GPT all those years ago in the dorms?
The other thing these do is make us aware of how much of our writing is just formulaic.
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I ordered the chatbot to have as background that something happened, but also that the main grievance is not to be mentioned (it was sci-fi like and indeed it merely alluded to something). The dorm's bit was explicitly ordered as part of it (likewise for the teddy bears as possible means of payment), since it would make the whole thing vaguely intimidating 
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Oh, ok. I thought it drifted to those things as it went on. The coders have a term "hallucination" for when these things get off the tracks, and the NYT article documented how it happened bit by bit.
To be fair we're asking it to do tasks. That's a big jump from just chatting.
