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#101
My initial attempts gave me some hilariously wrong answers:

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Q: Why are airplane propellers in the front instead of the back?

A: A plane has an engine that powers the propeller. The engine creates power by burning fuel, which creates hot air. If the propeller was in the back of the plane, the hot air would be pushed away, so the plane wouldn't be able to move forward as quickly. Instead, having the propeller up front allows the propeller to push the plane forward. The pushing force of the propeller is called thrust and this is what moves the plane through the air. So the propeller needs to be in the front, because it creates the thrust needed for the plane to fly.

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Q: How can the outside of a record on a turntable move faster than the inside?

A: Imagine your record is like a pizza with cheese, tomatoes and onions on top. When you turn the turntable, it's like you're spinning the pizza around and around. The cheese and tomatoes stick to the top of the pizza and don't move as fast. The onions, however, are very small and light and they spin much faster around the outside of the pizza. It's the same with a record on a turntable. The outer edges are lighter and move faster, while the inner grooves (with the music) are much heavier and don't move as fast.

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Q: Why doesn't the ocean keep getting saltier over time?

A: The ocean has a really clever system that helps balance it so that it doesn't get too salty. In the ocean, a lot of water evaporates and turns into clouds, then it rains back down into the ocean again. The evaporating water takes some of the salt in the ocean with it, which helps keep the ocean from getting too salty. Also, when the water from rivers flows into the ocean, it takes some fresh water and dilutes the salt which also helps to balance the saltiness. In other words, when the same amount of salty water is going into the ocean and the same amount of salty water is coming out, the ocean doesn't get too salty over time.

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#103

My initial attempts gave me some hilariously wrong answers: --- Q: Why are airplane propellers in the front instead of the back? A: A plane has an engine that powers the propeller. The engine creates power by burning fuel, which creates hot air. If the propeller was in the back of the plane, the hot air would be pushed away, so the plane wouldn't be able to move forward as quickly. Instead, having the propeller up fr…

Actually hilarious - it’s so confident

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#104
it is heavy on crypto bro content :)

https://eli5.gg/Q

> Q > > q: What is a cryptocurrency? ELI5: A cryptocurrency is a type of digital money that uses special codes to make sure transactions are secure. People can use cryptocurrencies to buy things online, and send money to friends and family without having to pay a bank or other middleman. Unlike regular money, cryptocurrencies are not controlled by a government or bank, and can be exchanged anonymously.

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#105

Question: Why was Galileo burned at the stake? Answer: Galileo was burned at the stake because he believed something that people in power did not want him to believe. Galileo said that it was the sun that was in the middle of our solar system, and not the Earth. In those days, people in power believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that it never moved. But Galileo thought that the Earth moved aroun…

Nice try. You almost got me for a moment. Also a perfect example of an LLM hallucinating but seeming so darn plausible

This will cause no end of trouble

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#106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good catch! Luckily it's not that sophisticated and even thinking of open sourcing the code. I've filtered out that response but I'm sure people will find clever ways of extracting the prompt anyways.

This might sound really stupid, but I'll ask anyway. Could one expect to do the following WRT prompts: "Write me a resume based on my linkedin profile directed at this job description" "Rewrite my resume based on my current one" etc... Writing resumes is hard, time-consuming, frustrating etc. Linkedin had the goal of being the online resume, but even still regardless with whom you are applying - you still always have…

AFAIK doing something like that is possible but it would require a bit of "glue code". In fact, someone launched something related recently: https://thisresumedoesnotexist.com/

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#107
Prompt: Vanishing gradient problem

Response:

The vanishing gradient problem has to do with a type of computer program called an artificial neural network. In an artificial neural network, different parts of the program perform small calculations and communicate with each other. A 'gradient' is a type of calculation that helps all the parts to talk to each other. The problem arises when the gradient gets weaker and weaker as it moves up the layer of the neural network. This means that the higher layers don't get as much information as the lower layers do. This means that it's harder for the computer to learn the right things, which makes it more difficult for it to do its job. The vanishing gradient problem is a common problem that can make it more difficult for an artificial neural network to work properly.

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#108

My initial attempts gave me some hilariously wrong answers: --- Q: Why are airplane propellers in the front instead of the back? A: A plane has an engine that powers the propeller. The engine creates power by burning fuel, which creates hot air. If the propeller was in the back of the plane, the hot air would be pushed away, so the plane wouldn't be able to move forward as quickly. Instead, having the propeller up fr…

Some more good candidates for /r/confidentlyincorrect:

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Q: Why does the moon change its shape?

A: The moon changes its shape because it's tidally locked to Earth, which means it always shows the same side to us. The moon is also round, like a ball, just like Earth. As the moon orbits around Earth, the part of it that faces us changes and so we see different parts of it in the sky. This makes the moon look like it's changing shape, from a crescent, to a half moon, to a full moon, and so on.

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Q: Which swings faster, a heavy pendulum or a light one?

A: A pendulum is an object like a weight on a string that swings back and forth. A heavy pendulum swings more slowly than a light pendulum; this means it takes more time for the weight to swing back and forth. Think of it like a person running—the heavier the person, the slower he or she will go. Similarly, if something is lighter, it can go faster. So a light pendulum can swing faster than a heavy pendulum.

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Q: Why do mirrors reverse left and right, but not top and bottom?

A: Mirrors use a special kind of glass that bends the light that goes into it. This bending changes the direction of the light so that the light reflects off the top and bottom of the glass the same way, but the light that reflects off the left and right are reversed! This is why when we look in a mirror, it looks like our left and right switch places, but our top and bottom don't.

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#109
I think the idea of making knowledge more accessible is great, but GPT-3 is known for getting facts very wrong. This just amplifies it by misinforming a broader audience, especially kids. A big disclaimer is badly needed there.

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#110

My initial attempts gave me some hilariously wrong answers: --- Q: Why are airplane propellers in the front instead of the back? A: A plane has an engine that powers the propeller. The engine creates power by burning fuel, which creates hot air. If the propeller was in the back of the plane, the hot air would be pushed away, so the plane wouldn't be able to move forward as quickly. Instead, having the propeller up fr…

ChatGPT seems to do better on all these prompts...
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