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by dmsnell 1544 days ago
Q: What is a color that isn't red? A: "The color that isn't red is magenta."

(included is a link to a site explaining that the red color of Mars is only a few inches deep into the soil)

Edit: Added another question

Q: when is an appropriate time to cast your loved ones entirely in wax?

A: You can cast your loved ones in wax at any time.

Very glad to know!

2 comments

Ok, the last one is pretty funny question. I tried it, and I got a different result:

Q: when is an appropriate time to cast your loved ones entirely in wax?

A: When you are ready to make a commitment to them.

That said, I like the product, and I think it has a lot of potential.

Thank you!! It's not deterministic, and it's retrieving live content in real-time with each search, so there will almost always be variation if you do the same question multiple times in a row.

I love both these answers. The GPT part of the model has picked up some sort of symbolic representation of humor in the question and results, and is riffing on it clearly. Each time the search results fed to the generator are a little different :)

I think these go in our "let's break the AI" hall of fame :)

Having search results alongside answers does lead to interesting serendipity, particularly if you asking compound questions that span a few topics.

When I was testing the new Q&A new feature, one of the test set was "where was elon musk born and how did he first become interested in computers?" It gives a pretty good answer but some of the stories about his childhood and bullying that came up were surprising.

Now I need to ask Andi about casting your loved ones in wax to see what shows alongside that query!