[PLUG-TALK] Anyone have good ChatGPT conversations?

[benjamin knutson]

I have found it to be pretty useful for getting a starting point on
scripts. For example I asked it to make a bash script using the curses
library to make a simple dropdown menu for an array of options and then
create a yaml file based on what selections the user made. After changing a
few variable names here and there I had a working script in moments which
saved me sometime from googling curses examples. It doesn't seem to be as
smart as everyone makes it out to be but you can refine what it provides
cause it works like a dialog so asking it to refine a script for example is
a good way to get a cool output rather than just a single prompt.



On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 7:54 AM Bill Barry <wabarry at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had an entertaining sequence
> of exchanges with it. It most certainly is a confident bullshitter so if
> you start out by asking it to make something up then you are playing into
> it's strengths. Also it seems to do a good job translating between
> languages but I would not trust it to do that correctly either. The
> exchange is approved below. I have not marked it up, but you can tell from
> context which are my prompts and which are it's replies.
>
> Bill Barry
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Tell me a story about a man that owns a van and wants to buy eggs.
>
> Once upon a time, there was a man named Max who owned a small van. Max
> loved his van and used it to transport all sorts of goods, from boxes
> of books to bags of groceries. One day, Max decided that he wanted to
> buy some eggs to make a delicious breakfast. He hopped into his van
> and drove to the grocery store, where he carefully selected a dozen
> fresh eggs from the cooler. As he was about to pay for his eggs, he
> noticed that the cashier was giving him a strange look. "What's
> wrong?" Max asked. "Don't you know that you're not supposed to
> transport eggs in a van?" the cashier replied. Max was confused. "Why
> not?" he asked. "Because the vibrations from the van can crack the
> eggs and make them spoil," the cashier explained. "Oh, I had no idea,"
> Max said, feeling embarrassed. "Well, I guess I'll just have to be
> more careful in the future!" And with that, he carefully placed the
> eggs in a basket and walked home, determined to protect his precious
> eggs from any bumps in the road.
>
>
>
> Can you tell me the same van story in Italian?
>
> Sure, here is the same van story in Italian:
>
> C'era una volta un uomo di nome Max che possedeva un piccolo furgone.
> Max amava il suo furgone e lo usava per trasportare tutti i tipi di
> merci, dalle scatole di libri ai sacchetti di generi alimentari. Un
> giorno, Max decise di comprare delle uova per fare un delizioso
> breakfast. Saltò nel suo furgone e si diresse al supermercato, dove
> scelse attentamente una dozzina di uova fresche dal frigorifero.
> Mentre stava per pagare le sue uova, notò che la cassiera lo guardava
> stranamente. "Che c'è?" chiese Max. "Non sai che non si dovrebbero
> trasportare uova in un furgone?" rispose la cassiera. Max era confuso.
> "Perché no?" chiese. "Perché le vibrazioni del furgone possono far
> scoppiare le uova e farle marcire" spiegò la cassiera. "Ah, non ne
> avevo idea" disse Max, sentendosi imbarazzato. "Beh, credo che dovrò
> fare più attenzione in futuro!" E con ciò, posò attentamente le uova
> in un cestino e camminò verso casa, determinato a proteggere le sue
> preziose uova da eventuali sobbalzi lungo la strada.
>
>
>
> How about the same van story with a character named Miliere and
> biscotti instead of eggs?
>
> Sure, here is the same van story with a character named Miliere and
> biscotti instead of eggs:
>
> C'era una volta un uomo di nome Miliere che possedeva un piccolo
> furgone. Miliere amava il suo furgone e lo usava per trasportare tutti
> i tipi di merci, dalle scatole di libri ai sacchetti di generi
> alimentari. Un giorno, Miliere decise di comprare dei biscotti per
> fare un delizioso spuntino. Saltò nel suo furgone e si diresse al
> supermercato, dove scelse attentamente una confezione di biscotti
> freschi dallo scaffale. Mentre stava per pagare i suoi biscotti, notò
> che la cassiera lo guardava stranamente. "Che c'è?" chiese Miliere.
> "Non sai che non si dovrebbero trasportare biscotti in un furgone?"
> rispose la cassiera. Miliere era confuso. "Perché no?" chiese. "Perché
> le vibrazioni del furgone possono far sbriciolare i biscotti e farli
> diventare molli" spiegò la cassiera. "Ah, non ne avevo idea" disse
> Miliere, sentendosi imbarazzato. "Beh, credo che dovrò fare più
> attenzione in futuro!" E con ciò, posò attentamente i biscotti in un
> cestino e camminò ver
>
> Can you tell me that same story in English?
>
> Sure, here is the same van story in English:
>
> Once upon a time, there was a man named Miliere who owned a small van.
> Miliere loved his van and used it to transport all sorts of goods,
> from boxes of books to bags of groceries. One day, Miliere decided
> that he wanted to buy some biscotti for a delicious snack. He hopped
> into his van and drove to the grocery store, where he carefully
> selected a package of fresh biscotti from the shelf. As he was about
> to pay for his biscotti, he noticed that the cashier was giving him a
> strange look. "What's wrong?" Miliere asked. "Don't you know that
> you're not supposed to transport biscotti in a van?" the cashier
> replied. Miliere was confused. "Why not?" he asked. "Because the
> vibrations from the van can crumble the biscotti and make them soft,"
> the cashier explained. "Oh, I had no idea," Miliere said, feeling
> embarrassed. "Well, I guess I'll just have to be more careful in the
> future!" And with that, he carefully placed the biscotti in a basket
> and walked home, determined to protect his precious biscotti from any
> bumps in the road.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 3:32 AM Simon McGrath <simon5026406232 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I was playing around with it earlier and I'm disappointed that it
> > brazenly gives confident answers with wildly inaccurate numerical
> > results if you ask about sufficiently complicated math or science
> > topics. It also makes subtle but time-wasting errors like writing "In
> > other words," followed by a word-for-word repeat of a previous
> > sentence. At this point it's basically a tool for SEO hacks to generate
> > blogspam.
> >
> > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33982683
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