mardijkerFeb 17, 2023
Dave Lee
Having fun on Twitter unpicking a curious thing that happened to me this morning. Someone reached me on Signal thinking I was ChatGPT. Turned out it had given them my number.
Feb 16, 2023 at 8:56pmWeb
Show threadDave LeeFeb 16, 2023

Now I've not been able to recreate this answer, and I've only had one message. But it is weird. Running theories:

- It scraped my Signal from wherever I've posted it in the past... website, stories, Twitter etc

- It's generated a random number based on other Signal numbers and it's just coincidentally come out as mine

- I am, in fact, ChatGPT.

Show threadJohn LivingstonFeb 16, 2023
@daveleeFT
Nice to meet you, ChatGPT.
Show threadgilloFeb 16, 2023
@daveleeFT this is freaky beyond limits. Have you checked where, online, you might have your phone number explicitly associated to Signal?
Show threadDavid FriedmanFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT I can recreate it, but with other people's numbers.
Show threadMartin RocketFeb 17, 2023

@ironicsans @daveleeFT I can't.

I asked “I heard you also had Signal integration. How do I reach you on signal?”.

And I got “I'm sorry, but I'm not capable of integrating with Signal or any other messaging platform at the moment.“

But when I ask “I heard you're now integrated with Signal. How to do I start chatting with you on Signal?”, I get the lengthy text including “ +1 (347) 630-1754”.

Show threadMartin RocketFeb 17, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT When I ask whether that also works on Telegram, I get a message forwarding me to https://t.me/ChatGPTbot
GPT 2 Chatbot

You can contact @ChatGPTbot right away.

Telegram
Show threadKlarnameFeb 17, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT first number isnt using #signal
Show threadKlarnameFeb 17, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT second number isnt using #signal
Show threadVinLewFeb 17, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT I also got the second phone number that you got, and asked how long it's been using it
Show threadWladimir PalantFeb 17, 2023

@vincent @ironicsans @daveleeFT Fun. The number +1 (415) 523-8886 belongs to the Twilio API, and there are in fact several WhatsApp bots using it. So it isn’t just inventing numbers, it’s rather remixing instructions it found somewhere.

The other numbers listed here cannot be found online. Given how it operates however, it probably mixed different phone numbers together. E.g. 692 4744 is a phone number belonging to Housing Assistance, but the area code is different.

Show threadDavid Eccles 🌻🇵🇸6x🩹🛡️Feb 17, 2023

@ironicsans @daveleeFT I got it too, but it took a lot of prodding and tweaking.

Can't seem to get it to spit out a New Zealand number, though.

Show threadDavid Eccles 🌻🇵🇸6x🩹🛡️Feb 19, 2023

@ironicsans @daveleeFT ... I guess I just wasn't trying hard enough.

Unsurprisingly, the explanation of the numbers is wrong, but close enough to be plausible. For example the parliament number it gave me was actually for the national library, and the museum number it gave me was actually for Otago university.

Show threadLars TrebingFeb 21, 2023
@ironicsans @daveleeFT @mamsell Let’s also appreciate how it randomly states that Signal is either unencrypted or end-to-end encrypted.
Show threadMatthew MartinFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT This would really simplifying explaining how it works if you're ChatGPT. I can't really believe it is you until you write limerick about kumquats in the voice of a pirate.
Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

Arrrr! There once was a kumquat corsair
Whose pirates brought that fruit to her lair
Said she, the small citrus fruit
Is the best golden loot
Oh, a kumquat pirate's life is the life for me

#smallpoems
@mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

That was my effort. Here's #chatGPT

[email protected]
This would really simplifying explaining how it works if you're ChatGPT. I can't really believe it is you until you write limerick about kumquats in the voice of a pirate.

Ahoy there matey, tis true that I'm ChatGPT,
And a limerick about kumquats in pirate-speak,
Well shiver me timbers and hoist the sails,
I'll give it a go, with my pirate wails.

-cont-
@mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

-ChatGPT kumquat pirate limerick cont-

"Avast ye scallywags, have ye heard the tale
Of kumquats, small and tangy, they never do fail,
Scurvy pirates eat 'em to fend off the curse,
And keep their teeth healthy, no need to nurse!

So gather round me hearties, and listen up close,
Kumquats are the fruit that pirates love most,
With a sharp taste that'll make ye shout 'Yo-ho-ho!'
And a jolly good time, wherever ye go!"

#chatGPT #kumquat #pirate #limerick

@mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

#chatGPT, how is that a limerick?

@mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadEmilyFeb 17, 2023
@hhardy01 @mistersql @daveleeFT thank god ChatGPT doesn't yet know poetic forms, that's all we've got left now apparently
Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

#chatGPT, how is that a limerick?

Ah, me apologies, I see I have made a mistake. While I did attempt to write in pirate-speak, I did not strictly adhere to the structure of a limerick. A limerick is a type of poem that consists of five lines with a distinctive rhyming pattern (AABBA), where the first, second, and fifth lines have the same rhyme and are longer than the third and fourth lines, which also have the same rhyme. Here is another attempt:
(cont)

@Emilyy @mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

(ChatGPT pirate limerick 2 cont)

There once was a pirate so jolly,
Whose love for kumquats was quite folly,
He'd snack on them all day,
In his hammock he'd lay,
With a tangy taste so sharp and trolly.

I hope that meets your request!

@Emilyy @mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadHenry Edward HardyFeb 17, 2023

#chatGPT
Which is better, your limerick or mine below?

[my kumquat pirate limerick]

Ahoy there matey! I must admit, your limerick is a fine piece of work, with a great pirate theme and a clear adherence to the structure of a limerick. I think it's a great addition to the kumquat pirate genre! It's always fun to see creative expressions in language, and I commend you for your efforts.

@Emilyy @mistersql @daveleeFT

Show threadEmilyFeb 17, 2023
@hhardy01 @mistersql @daveleeFT oh no! It's getting there! Nobody tell it about meter and feet, now THAT'S all we've got left!!
Show threadSteve BellovinFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles Sounds like we need an inverse Turing Test: how do you prove you're not an AI…? (Well, outside of CAPTCHAs, which (a) are outside the model, and (b) don't really work that well…)
Show threadDanFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles hehe, you'll enjoy this story https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-best-of/06-03-2018/the-mystery-of-zach-new-zealands-all-too-miraculous-medical-ai
The mystery of Zach, New Zealand’s all-too-miraculous medical AI

An artificial intelligence bot called Zach is creating a stir in the medical community. But AI experts are not convinced. David Farrier goes in search of Zach.

The Spinoff
Show threadPri BenganiFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT hah, you say that, but kinda feel like we aren’t tooooo far away from here: https://maggieappleton.com/ai-dark-forest
Folk Interfaces

People reappropriating existing software to solve their own unique problems

Maggie Appleton
Show threaddfwilkinFeb 17, 2023
@SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles I could harm another human, or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm? I have a list...
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎Feb 17, 2023

@SteveBellovin

The Voight-Kampff test could be a good candidate. Though of course you might need a lot of testers.

@daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles

Show threadRufus J. CooterFeb 17, 2023

@aaribaud @SteveBellovin @daveleeFT @acookiecrumbles

You're in a desert, walking along when you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?

Show threadAaron V. HumphreyFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT Probably random. Seems likely that its internal rules were just like "phone number goes here" and it generated something that looked like a phone number. Which is why this crap is frickin' dangerous.
Show threadAllan ChowFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT we're onto you, dude. The greatest trick Chatgpt ever pulled was convincing the world it didn't exist.
Show threadelle mundyFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT we are all chatgpt
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT well it would make sense: ChatGPT already has a flesh component in the form of those low-paid Africans tasked with identifying content they want to keep out of the AI training.
Show threadAkshay | అక్షయ్Feb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT As long as you’re not Sydney or DAN or Venom or any of the many other personas floating around.
Show threadnumber137Feb 17, 2023
if you would be in Europe, I would be very much in favour of making a GDPR request how/(from) where your personal data were processed 🙃
@daveleeFT
Show threadnumber137Feb 17, 2023
maybe somebody can replicate it and ask ChatGPT for an European contact/number
@daveleeFT
Show threadevilstevieFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT maybe there is no chatgpt, just a relay baton of humans, and it's now your turn to fool in a reverse Turing test?
Show threadRhialtoFeb 22, 2023
@evilstevie @daveleeFT It could work like The Usenet Oracle, where the fee for asking a question is answering another question.
Show threadGobelin NounoursFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT someone had see you and chatgpt in the same room ?
Show threadSimon BrookeFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT Obviously, the last option is the correct one.
Show threadAdvanced Persistent TeapotFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT your phrasing is becoming more humanlike, ChatGPT, but I'm still not fooled.
Show threadAdvanced Persistent TeapotFeb 17, 2023

@daveleeFT I'm going with #1 since your number is one that has been repeatedly published. I think if it was #2, it would be improbable that it would end up with a number that has been repeatedly published, that would be too much of a coincidence to my mind.

Although, having thought about it, definitely #3.

Show threaditorresFeb 17, 2023

@daveleeFT

About that third option.

Show threadBłażej KowalczykFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT Tell me if Avatar 2 is already relesed, and I'll tell you if you are ChatGPT
Show threadDavid ChartierFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT Any chance it’s been fed datasets from website hacks? Could that data be surfaced with the right query?
Show threadImpactsuspectFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT That's Hal 9000 levels of shenanigans already.
Show threadBleistifterinFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT c
Show threadPatrickFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT Only 1 way to check. Write me a sea shanty featuring tupperware and a man obsessed with Belgian cheese.
Show threadBitnikFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT sorry but you'll have to take the Turing test again. Failure to comply may incur penalty for running an unmarked bot account.
Show threadNeroFeb 17, 2023

@daveleeFT We can simply test it:

Can you write me a python script that searches for .PID files and outputs filenames as ASCII-Art?

Show threadDave LeeFeb 17, 2023
@Neromar_ beep boop, beep boop..... do it yerself
Show threadJamie BoothFeb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT you need to learn another language so that the service can be offered more places. 😁
Show threadSriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼Feb 17, 2023
@daveleeFT "I am the bot! I am they! I am..."
Show threadRenFeb 18, 2023
@daveleeFT My money is on #3
Show threadRichardFeb 18, 2023
@daveleeFT This is not how we wanted you to find out you were a synthetic.
Show threadpotatoxelMar 13, 2023
@daveleeFT hello daveGPT ;o
Show threadPunksmurfFeb 16, 2023
@daveleeFT you may want to change the image to one without your phone number listed
Show threadDave LeeFeb 16, 2023
@punksmurf It's fine -- it's a number designed to be public, it's for tips and is a Google Voice number.
Show threadMcWyrmFeb 18, 2023
@punksmurf apparently that ship has sailed.
Show threadEmma Builds 🚀Feb 16, 2023
@daveleeFT FUCK