Neil Kandalgaonkar

Have you noticed that "GPT" is starting to become a synonym for "confidently incorrect"?

I referred to a guy I know the other day as "GPT in real life" and I just saw a reddit thread that referred to someone humorously answering programming questions incorrectly as "ChadGPT"

Feb 11, 2023 at 6:44pmWeb
Show threadCube DroneFeb 11, 2023
@neilk I think that's a sign that a lot of people are trying out ChatGPT and discovering both how initially magical it seems and how limited it turns out to be once you get to the very noticeable borders of its competence.
Show threadDr. Anindita Basu SempereFeb 11, 2023
@neilk ChadGPT!! Stealing that.
Show threadFlorian HehlenFeb 11, 2023
@neilk my daughter tried using it to help her study for an exam in control theory (applied mathematics) and she said it kept on making up conditions she had not mentioned such that the answers fit her questions.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDFeb 11, 2023
@neilk Messrs Dunning and Kruger want a word.
Show threadDave NearyFeb 11, 2023
@neilk "ChadGPT" is very clever!
Show threadGary E. WalkerFeb 11, 2023
@neilk @gizmomathboy bullshit fountains are sufficiently common.
Show threadsuldrew 🚲🏳️‍🌈Feb 11, 2023
@neilk omg
Show threadFlamerHooksFeb 11, 2023
@neilk it’s a lossy compression-text algorithm, so yes, it will be incorrect. It does also, on occasion, will admit when it doesn’t know.
Show threadLydiaLuFeb 12, 2023
@neilk what does gpt stand for?
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarFeb 12, 2023

@JessieHart “Generative pre-trained transformer”.

It’s an algorithm where you give it some text, and it’s able to generate similar text. If you put very, very large amounts of text into it, it can appear to answer questions and do some other tasks.

GPT is very good at constructing plausible statements that mimic its inputs. This is often good enough to answer questions, but it doesn’t actually know anything. So it often can sound like an authority but is totally wrong.

Show threadLydiaLuFeb 12, 2023
@neilk ahh, thankyou.
Show threadNick BaxFeb 12, 2023
@neilk The podcast Dear Hank and John recently had PoopGPT as a whole episode bit.
Show threadOliver SchönrockFeb 12, 2023

@neilk

😂 Awesome Branding!

Show threadHarveyDeckAstroFeb 12, 2023
@neilk there are definitely people who talk like GTP, eloquent yet full of mistakes
Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsFeb 12, 2023
@neilk Have been using it thus. "This feels as though written by ChatGPT"
Show thread`Da ElfFeb 12, 2023
@neilk I'm totally stealing "ChadGPT".
Show threadReina  Feb 12, 2023
@neilk Normalise using these AI chatbot names as hominems so people start thinking of them critically! owo
Show threadSven A. SchmidtFeb 12, 2023
@neilk John Doe, GPT
Show threadグレェ「grey」Feb 12, 2023
@neilk I did a Freudian typo on JWZ's blog of ChatAPT, but y'know what? As much as I wish there were an edit feature, the lulz of the implications of that are kind of fitting.;)
Show threadDoctor M. PopularFeb 12, 2023
@neilk I remember NFTs becoming so associated with theft/plagiarism last year that some people used it as slang for theft. ie “I’m going to NFT that meme.”
Show threadINPCFeb 12, 2023
@neilk
ChadGPT is amazing
@rgarner
Show threadAbiọdun 🤎 Feb 12, 2023
@neilk That's hilarious
Show threadvorlonFeb 13, 2023
@neilk I read the software"s name as ChadGPT the first 5 times I saw it and honestly still don't think it's wrong
Show threadChris HansonFeb 15, 2023
@neilk I saw someone refer to ChatGPT as “Mansplaining as a Service” once and it’s stuck with me since as the perfect explanation: It has no idea what it’s saying, but complete confidence in saying it.
Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsAug 20, 2023
@neilk Stable Diffusion is similarly a byeword for "slightly eerie drawings"
Show threadE. Murphy, the name you knowAug 20, 2023
@neilk Harkening back to the old-school hacker t-shirt "Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script".
Show threadDan Morgan Aug 20, 2023
@neilk @glennf The Bill Maher of Large Language Models.