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Re: Learn from Anyone

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Post by scubbo »

Well, it has a nice loading gif, I'll give it that - but I have no indication of what it does, and replicating the prompts ("Albert Einstein" // "Teach me about relativity") resulted in:

Me: Teach me about relativity . Albert Einstein: One of the most important concepts of special relativity is that the laws of physics appear the same to all observers that are moving at a constant velocity relative to each other. If two different inertial reference frames are in uniform motion relative to one another, every physical law must be the same in both frames. Albert Einstein: What if one of them is in motion? Albert Einstein: Suppose that one reference frame is at rest, and that the other is moving with a velocity v. From the[...]

(lack of linebreaks [sic], truncation mine). In the absence of any description of what's going on, this just looks like it's taking some other source and prefixing various lines with ":". What is actually going on here that I'm missing?

Re: Learn from Anyone

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Post by vezycash »

Me: how to center an image with css

Albert Einstein: First, we must ensure that the image is centered and does not scale when we use it.

It eventually answers the question though ... First, we need to center the image. We can do this by using a css centering class like this. .centered { /* You can choose any margin you like. Use 'auto' to center without a margin. */ margin: 2vw auto; }

Re: Learn from Anyone

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Post by phildenhoff »

scubbo wrote: post #2

Well, it has a nice loading gif, I'll give it that - but I have no indication of what it does, and replicating the prompts ("Albert Einstein" // "Teach me about relativity") resulted in: Me: Teach me about relativity . Albert Einstein: One of the most important concepts of special relativity is that the laws of physics appear the same to all observers that are moving at a constant velocity relative to each other. If…

Yeah I tried similar tactics using Richard Feynman as the teacher. While I can imagine him saying the phrases, it's not a particularly enticing (nor educational) tool. The website keeps repeating the same information.

Opening up the link at the bottom shows the author's Twitter, where it's clear that this is GPT-3 mumbojumbo that wasn't fully understood by the author.

Re: Learn from Anyone

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Post by vezycash »

Me: Teach me about black holes.

Albert Einstein: A black hole is formed when a star has burnt all of its fuel. There are two ways this can happen. If the mass of the star is less than a certain limit, known as the Chandrasekhar Limit, then it can end in a Type 1a supernova explosion.

When the mass of the star is above that limit, however, it can collapse in on itself. The reason for this is that the star is being pulled in on itself by its own gravity. It is being accelerated due to its own gravity. When a force is applied to something that is being accelerated, its momentum increases. The more massive the object is, the more force it takes to keep it from slowing down.

Me: what is Chandrasekhar Limit?

Albert Einstein: The Chandrasekhar Limit is 1.44 solar masses. An object with a mass less than this limit will not collapse into a black hole. If it is heavier than this limit, then its gravity will not be strong enough to fight against itself and it will collapse into a black hole.

Me: who is Chandrasekhar

Albert Einstein: Chandrasekhar was a scientist who calculated this mass limit.

Me: When did Chandrasekhar die? Albert Einstein: He died in 1995 at the age of 84.

Me: What is mass limit? Albert Einstein: Mass limit is the amount of mass that a star can have while being supported by its own gravity. The mass of a star is calculated by multiplying its density by its volume. For example, if you take 1 cubic meter of water and multiply it by 1000 kg/m^3, you will get 1 tonne. That is a metric tonne. It is equivalent to 2200 lbs.

Me: What happens when a star's gravity cannot support it?

Albert Einstein: A black hole is formed when a star's gravity is stronger than the rest of the universe's gravity combined.

Re: Learn from Anyone

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Post by blairbeckwith »

I was actually pretty impressed with this conversation, and even got a laugh out of it at the end:

Me: What is the iPod?

Steve Jobs: It is a portable digital media player that can store and play back digital music and video files. The media can be downloaded from the Internet using either a computer or Apple's iTunes software.

Me: What's the internet?

Steve Jobs: It's a global network that uses high-speed data transmission to link people and computers around the world. Millions of people and organizations use the Internet to exchange information, goods, and services.

Me: Why do people use the internet?

Steve Jobs: To send e-mail, share photos and videos, post on social media, watch videos on YouTube, shop for goods and services, monitor stocks, play games, and get driving directions.

Me: What is the internet best at?

Steve Jobs: Being easy to use.

Me: But there are mean people on the internet.

Steve Jobs: Yes, there are.

Me: What can we do about mean people on the internet?

Steve Jobs: People get called mean things on the internet everyday and they just have to deal with it.

Me: That doesn't seem fair.

Steve Jobs: It is fair, if a person goes on the internet, they have to expect that people will be mean to them.

Me: But there must be something we can do.

Steve Jobs: There are ways to hide and filter mean people. You just need to download a new web browser.

Me: How can I hide and filter mean people on the internet?

Steve Jobs: I can help you, download Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, both are free and open-source software.

Me: then what?

Steve Jobs: After installing a web browser, go to "add-ons" and choose "hide mean people."

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