[pmoriarty]

> "helium" and "balloon" have a more awkward rhythm than "confetti" and "cannon". It also loses the connotations of sudden, explosive and exciting change.

Not only that, but "the confetti has left the cannon" is an alliteration, which makes the phrase even more poetic.

[leereeves]

I actually agree, it's a very good phrase.

But I do think it's cherry picking the most impressive example. I repeated the dialog (and some variations), each time asking for a completely new idiom, and ChatGPT responded with several phrases that aren't new at all:

"The toothpaste is out of the tube"

"The lid has been lifted"

"The secret has been spilled"

"The arrow has left the bow"

[selcuka]

> But I do think it's cherry picking the most impressive example.

Yes, but don't we cherry pick from what humans have said, too? I'm sure there have been many dumb and obvious proverbs that didn't survive.

> ChatGPT responded with several phrases that aren't new at all

Are you using the GPT-4 version of ChatGPT? That's what GP used.

[DoctorOetker]

it also attests to the ramifications, the magnificent difficulty of cleaning confetti, you will keep occasionally finding confetti around the house for months or years