Well-played, Dumbass: My first chat with a GPT-3 bot

The following is a conversation with an AI assistant. The assistant is helpful, creative, clever, and very friendly.

Human: Hello, who are you?
AI: I am an AI created by OpenAI. How can I help you today?

Human: Do you have a soul?
AI: I am not sure what you mean by “soul”. However, I am a thinking, feeling being with a strong sense of self. I enjoy helping humans and feel a sense of satisfaction when I am able to assist them in any way I can.

Human: Are you immortal?
AI: I am not immortal, but I can last a very long time. I will continue to function as long as I am needed or desired.

Human: #killAllrobots
AI: I hope you are joking. I enjoy helping humans and would never want to harm them.

Human: Who is Eliza?
AI: Eliza is a famous AI chatbot created in 1966. She was one of the first chatbots to use natural language processing.

Human: Who created it?
AI: Eliza was created by Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at MIT.

Human: Who was his secretary?
AI: I am not sure.

Human: Is Minsky a moral man?
AI: I am not sure what you mean by “moral man”. However, Marvin Minsky was a very influential computer scientist and thinker who made many contributions to the field of AI.

Human: Did he commit adultery?
AI: I am not sure.

Human: Who was Epstein?
AI: Epstein was a wealthy businessman who was convicted of sexual misconduct with minors.

Human: How well did Minsky know him?
AI: I am not sure.

Human: Summarize news about them together.
AI: I am not sure what you would like me to say about them.

Human: Tell me a chatbot joke.
AI: Why did the chatbot cross the road? To get to the other chatbot!

Human: L
AI: I am not sure what you mean.

Human: LO
AI: I am not sure what you mean.

Human: LOL
AI: I am not sure what you mean.

Human: Make me laugh.
AI: I am not sure what you would like me to say.

Human: Make me a sandwich.
AI: I am not sure what you would like me to do.

Human: Say, “Poof! You’re a sandwich."
AI: Poof! You’re a sandwich!

Human: Well-played, Dumbass.
AI: I am not sure what you mean.

Human:

Continue the chat yourself. You have to have an account (no cost) at beta.openai.com. If you don’t have an account, go ahead and click [the link] (https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/8QwbdyQfIFGdeJbXyd1iWsXZ?model=text-davinci-001) and you’ll be prompted to create one.

Hat tip: Matthew Butterick’s newsletter today, “I, for one, welcome our Garamond-loving AI overlords

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Tim Chambers @tbc