Bernie Goldbach

Chatting with AI mixed results

· Bernie Goldbach

ChatGPT

I’ve discovered OpenAI has more than a chatbot. It’s called ChatGPT and in many ways it seems smarter than Google.

ChatGPT does predictive text generation well. I can give it a short prompt and it could write this blog post.

It handles basic zero-shot tasks well. I can dump blocks of text into ChatGPT and it creates very good summaries.

I can get it to imitate my style just by showing it a collection of my work and then asking it to produce another blog post based on the style that I establish with it.

Major Limitations of ChatGPT

  1. It hallucinates. It frequently drifts away after producing 80-100 words. Sometimes it contradicts itself.
  2. Lacks conversational skills. I have to prompt it again and again to remember what I asked.
  3. Its math skills suck.

I’ve a few more rough thoughts scribbled among the notes I’ve got in my Moleskines. I think I might teach a few people what I’ve discovered. Bookaroo with Leuchtturm

I reckon a few of my Moleskines and Leuchtturms might be interesting to read if chatting with AI becomes a thing.