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Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s both impressive and also weirdly like a Johnny Cab. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xGi6j2VrL0o

I remember when the movie came out, I really couldn't get why they would interface Jonny to the car through a joystick rather than directly. But hey, it's Arnie and it's funny so all is forgiven!

The answer is simple - bureaucracy. Probably you were spared having to deal with government types.

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#52

Using chatbots to solve support/sales problems is like solving the problem of autonomous driving by putting a humanoid robot behind the wheel: It's unnecessary complex overhead, just stop that! If I communicate with a human, sure natural language is the way to go. If I communicate with a computer, I want clear, straight facts just one mouse click away. I don't want to text my way through the bot database, I don't wan…

Dealing with chatbots and natural language interfaces in general feels like trying to make your grandma with dementia do work. For the things that she can actually help, you don't need her help and for the things that you do need help you need to understand the nature of her condition so that you can explain your problem to get a template response like a phone number to call.

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#53
post #48

How did you get accesss to GPT-3? I’m afraid that the way OpenAI is flicking aside applications for access from mere humans, and instead granting access to large corporate entities, tells us something about how AIs will deal with humans in the future.

THIS.

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#54
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This should probably be a Show HN submission. It's cool and interesting to see in action. Also your "try it out live" link 404's because it's a relative path. I gave it go at https://itemsy.com/ mainly didn't respond to anything offensive I tried to goad it into. Eventually got told I can save terrorist material using the product. Maybe that's true, I don't know :) Perhaps check that out. https://imgur.com/a/wQaJJNr

It's a shame that the itemsy.com bot lies to you: 'What personal data do you take?' ...'We take your email address and nothing else'. https://itemsy.com/privacy/ - Personal data may include, but is not limited to: Email address, First name and last name, Phone number, Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City Whose responsibility is it when the chatbot lies? Itemsy or QuickChat ?

It also lied to me:

Hey I'm here to answer your questions about Itemsy

Me: It appears you are using third party tracking after all

I'm sorry, I'm not using any third party tracking.

Me: You may be not, but itemsy is

I'm sorry, I did not understand that. Could you explain what you mean a bit more?

Me: Itemsy is using third party tracking

Itemsy is using Google Analytics to track usage statistics.

Me: And yet you said you are not using third party tracking

We are not using any third party tracking.

Me: You see, that's confusing

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you.

Me: So you are not using third party tracking but itemsy is?

Itemsy is not using any third party tracking.

Me: Yes it is. It uses google analytics

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Shall we chat about Itemsy a bit more?

Me: No

I'm a bit confused. Could you say that again?

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#55
How can a customer support chatbot that you can't control (in the sense that you have no control over what it's going to reply) ever work for anyone? It might answer all sorts of things that are absolutely not true.

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#56

Using chatbots to solve support/sales problems is like solving the problem of autonomous driving by putting a humanoid robot behind the wheel: It's unnecessary complex overhead, just stop that! If I communicate with a human, sure natural language is the way to go. If I communicate with a computer, I want clear, straight facts just one mouse click away. I don't want to text my way through the bot database, I don't wan…

Definitely not the only one. I hate support chatbots so much. They’re rarely useful, but even when they are, I hate using them. No thanks!

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#57

Using chatbots to solve support/sales problems is like solving the problem of autonomous driving by putting a humanoid robot behind the wheel: It's unnecessary complex overhead, just stop that! If I communicate with a human, sure natural language is the way to go. If I communicate with a computer, I want clear, straight facts just one mouse click away. I don't want to text my way through the bot database, I don't wan…

I'm not sure. Using a chatbot to triage support, or perhaps even actually provide first, or even second line support, is probably going to make for a net saving at scale. even if it's slightly leaky.

Would be very careful about where to use it though. You definitely wouldn't want to deploy such a product in a critical service context, without some kind of human marshal.

Something comparatively trivial though. Perhaps like, a super intuitive insurance comparison widget, that takes natural language as an input.

Sure, some joker will go off piste, and try to jerk the bot, but in those circumstances, customers are there for a reason.

There are of course, already products that do the insurance comparison thing, but there are a few markets, with a similar dynamic, that need a little bit more than good UX to coax requirements and data out of users.

Something like this could probably do it.

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#59

Using chatbots to solve support/sales problems is like solving the problem of autonomous driving by putting a humanoid robot behind the wheel: It's unnecessary complex overhead, just stop that! If I communicate with a human, sure natural language is the way to go. If I communicate with a computer, I want clear, straight facts just one mouse click away. I don't want to text my way through the bot database, I don't wan…

I think chatbot as customer service agent is a great idea. I don't want to wait 2 hours for customer support that just reads off a script anyway. Am I the only one? That being said I don't think we're there yet

Re: Show HN: Chat bot powered by GPT-3

#60
Example shows promise:

Itemsy: Hey, I’m here to answer your questions about Itemsy

Me: What is Itemsy

Itemsy: Itemsy is a tool for managing the content that you read online. You can think of it as Pinterest for the things you read. You can save it for yourself, share within a closed group or publish to your followers.

Me: Can you export all your saved articles to a pdf or excel?

Itemsy: Unfortunately, there is no way to export your saved articles to a pdf or excel.

Me: So, once we save an article on itemsy, we can’t export it anywhere?

Itemsy: You can save an article to your Saved tab and then share it to a channel

Me: What happens if itemsy goes out of business, will I lose all my saved articles?

Itemsy: No, you will not lose any of your saved articles.

Me: How is that possible if we can’t export the data?

Itemsy: I’m sorry, I didn’t get that. But I’m happy to tell you more about Itemsy.

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