[jaketheguy]

Just guessing here, but if the senteces sounded like "how to use pandas to help you in work" AI could have decided that you're going to use a cute bear to lay bricks for you. Plus the "exotic animals", as someone else mentioned.

[bertil]

Not guessing, I used to work on that team: it’s based on keywords alone. The list of items is too big and changes too often to handle anything beyond that — more than a trillion edits per month.

I wouldn’t be surprised if you could sell endangered animals if you called them P4ndas.

[EmilioMartinez]

Makes me wonder what's the worst possible phrasing

"Master Python and Pandas, make them work for you, attack new challanges, earn good money"

[schoen]

"How to use the innards of Python and Pandas"?

"If you find yourself fighting with Python and Pandas, I'll help you improve your technique"?

"Using Python and Pandas in the wild"?

"10 unexpected uses for Python and Pandas in the food and apparel industries"?

"Breaking all the rules for Python imports"?

"How to replace your whole ecosystem with just Python and Pandas"?

"Put Python to work on the family farm"?

[dale_glass]

I asked GPT-4:

There's a book called "Using Python and Pandas in the wild". What do you think it's about?

"Using Python and Pandas in the wild" likely refers to the application of the Python programming language and the Pandas library in real-world scenarios or practical use cases.

[bumbledraven]

Even text-davinci-003 nails this (via OpenAI Playground).

Prompt:

> The newly-released book "Using Python and Pandas in the wild" discusses

Response:

> the application of Python and Pandas for data analysis, cleaning, and transformation. It focuses on the fundamentals of Pandas, how to use it to explore and manipulate data, and offer guidance for more advanced topics, such as building data visualizations and machine learning models. Readers will also get an overview of the best practices for working with time-series data, unsupervised learning, and natural language processing. The book is designed to be a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to learn how to use Python and Pandas for data analysis.

[JimDabell]

> Makes me wonder what's the worst possible phrasing

I got some very strange looks when buying one particular book back in the days when physical books were the norm. It was only after I got home that I realised a book called “Python Cookbook” gives an entirely different impression to non-programmers.

[jaketheguy]

It reminds of old Ruby anecdote. There was this guy on a Ruby conference with t-shirt with ":s*x" print, which for rubyists means "s*x symbol", but regular people will read it, well... colon s*x.

(Censored because I'm at work and I'm afraid of my VPN.)

[mcpackieh]

Mmmm, I know rattlesnakes are said to be a pretty good meal. I wonder if pythons and boas taste any good. Those big snakes might make a delicious feast.

[jstarfish]

Containerized Python and Pandas for easier shipping!

[ansgri]

“Minimize cost of your Python and Pandas deployment for international customers”