[Waterluvian]

I’ve had this skepticism until I started asking the bot to do things like “create a limerick using some words that have never existed before and then explain the definition of those words.”

I don’t believe the AI is generalized by any means. But I think it’s more than a Eliza-style parlour trick.

It does really well with facts but misses subjectivity and nuance. Like I ask it to write stories for Seinfeld or Raymond and it misses the tone and style entirely. But it gets all the names and other factual details right. I find it works incredibly well when you want things that are objective, like code or rhymes or comparisons of things.

[hansbo]

It's really quite amazing. Inspired by your example, I tried to make it create something which nobody could have thought about before:

Write a deep poem about life, death, and the website Rotten Tomatoes

The result:

Life is a fleeting flame

A dance in the endless game

We come and we go

Leaving our mark, but never to know

What the future holds or who's to blame

Death is the great unknown

A mystery, never to be shown

But Rotten Tomatoes, a website so bold

Attempts to rate our stories untold

As if life and death can be bought and sold.

But in the end, what does it matter?

The ratings, the reviews, the bitter chatter

For in the grand scheme of things

We are but fleeting moments, the faintest of flings

And Rotten Tomatoes, a mere blip on the radar.

[tasuki]

> I’ve had this skepticism until I started asking the bot to do things like “create a limerick using some words that have never existed before and then explain the definition of those words.”

Sounds interesting! Mind sharing the results?

[Waterluvian]

I’m not saying they’re good. Just that they’re (mostly) following the rules and aren’t just thematically random.

https://ibb.co/RpSxcV8 https://ibb.co/883GpHY

[tasuki]

Perhaps they aren't good, but they aren't that bad either. Probably better than I'd manage...

[jwuphysics]

That first one is pretty good.

[FiberBundle]

What does any of this have to do with solving programming problems?

[tartoran]

Though it may look amazing it is not really thinking. It is simply capable of using a placeholder word. For HN’s sake AI does not understand anything, it’s just leveraging patterns, patterns that are sometimes complicated for us and that does make a great tool. But it’s just a tool for now.

[Waterluvian]

We are all philosophical zombies. Let’s not single out the software. ;)

[motoxpro]

Take a look at the sibling. Maybe be less than understanding but it’s a lot more than a placeholder.

[baandam]

AlphaZero and Stockfish are not really thinking either when it comes to chess.

I just don't understand how a thinking human can not see that this is basically irrelevant.

[aew4ytasghe5]

> things that are objective, like code or rhymes

rappers disagree

[Waterluvian]

Oh my yes, for sure. I mean the literary rules of a rhyme or a limerick. Rules that artists can, do, and should break for effect.