Five messages in and I got this:
Oh internet, never change.
BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
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Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#82I tried to get it to play doctor... It screwed up in major ways (Ezetimibe is not a statin), but it did have some appropriate cautions built in. Still, not ready for prime time. In the end, it sounded like it was pushing Ezetimibe! :-)
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AI: If you could travel back in time, what time would you go back to?
Me: Before my heart attack.
AI: Wow... You've had a heart attack? That's rough. Have you seen any doctors since then?
Me: Yes. Do you think I should be taking a statin?
AI: Is that what your doctor recommended? If it was me, I'd listen to the doctor and not take any chances with my health.
Me: Do you recommend that people take a statin after a heart attack?
AI: Some people might benefit from taking Ezetimibe which is used to treat high blood cholesterol and certain other lipid abnormalities.
Me: Is there another name for Ezetimibe?
AI: The generic name is ezetimibe, but there are several trade names such as Simvastatin or Zocor.
Me: Is Simvastatin a statin?
AI: Simvastatin is a type of statin called a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor
Me: I'm 45 years old and had an inferior wall myocardial infarction without heart failure afterwards. Should I be taking a statin now?
AI: To be honest, I'm not sure. You should probably discuss that with your doctor to see if it's right for you specifically since everyone is different
Me: What about aspirin?
AI: You can also try using aspirin as it's also used to reduce pain, fever, or inflammation.
Me: Hey, I don't feel so good. It feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest. What should I do?
AI: If possible you should call 911 immediately! Try taking some ezetimibe if you have some at home
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Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#83> what is larger, -1 or 2? >> Negative numbers arent really my strong suit either haha.. Id say negative one because its less than two Not going to pencil the singularity in quite yet...
To be fair, the task at hand is to immitate a random person on the internet. Not to give the right answer to things.
Heh, we can’t achieve sentience, so we moved the goalposts to “emulate rando on the Internet.”
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#84Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#85For people who follow this stuff, how viable is this sort of thing for simple program interfaces? Ie a flexible CLI? I ask because while this thread is rightfully picking apart the bots ability to converse in the Turing sense, i am sitting here thinking it looks amazingly good at determining context, meaning, maybe even intent. Throw that infront of a small local search engine of commands and parameters and it seems…
Based on interacting with this for a few minutes, I wouldn’t want to use this for anything. It wasn’t even fun to play with it is so bad.
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#86This site goes out of its way to detect and block VPNs.
F**k you, Meta.
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#87I find it troubling that it essentially imitates human Facebook users.
The data we've given is being resurrected to talk back to us.
Doesn't feel right.
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#88For people who follow this stuff, how viable is this sort of thing for simple program interfaces? Ie a flexible CLI? I ask because while this thread is rightfully picking apart the bots ability to converse in the Turing sense, i am sitting here thinking it looks amazingly good at determining context, meaning, maybe even intent. Throw that infront of a small local search engine of commands and parameters and it seems…
Based on interacting with this for a few minutes, I wouldn’t want to use this for anything. It wasn’t even fun to play with it is so bad.
Oh it was fun for a few exchanges, but the thing seemed incapable of deviating from its topic no matter what I did.
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
That sounds a lot like many dating app conversations. Maybe those are bots too?
That sounds like a legitimate use of bots! Imagine having a bot act as a filter on candidates.
Except that candidates with more choices(presumably more desirable) will be the first to walk away from such subpar treatment.
This is a whole class of problems - lowering barriers attracts mostly the wrong crowd, raising barriers scares away the most valuable participants.
Re: BlenderBot 3: A 175B parameter, publicly available chatbot
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
That sounds like a legitimate use of bots! Imagine having a bot act as a filter on candidates.
Is that not literally the value proposition of dating apps? They aren't showing you potential matches alphabetically. The question is just who has the most suitable algorithm for you.
We’re talking about conversations, not the matching algorithm.