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GPT-4 is not getting worse

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Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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There is an ongoing bug[1] with OpenAI's API, where it stops streaming responses after exactly 5 minutes. When I first came across the issue, I debugged it by writing a prompt along these lines: > Output every number from 1 to 10,000 in written form (e.g. "one", "two", etc.). Respond with one number per line in numeric order. As expected, the API would begin counting every number just as I asked. This would continue…

How does chat-gpt actually get this right? This would appear to require some degree of reasoning, but as far as i understand its output is purely probabilistic, based on existing corpus of text.

You answered your own question.

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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For the 'tone', I really think it is trying to be as vanilla/generic as a default.

But that tone can be changed just by telling it to change tone.

Even on vanilla mode, it has given me a little sass when correcting me when I was wrong and it was right.

This can also happen, it can be correct when the user is wrong. Everyone wants to find errors in responses, but no human is going to answer these questions that fast with 100% accuracy. And No Search Engine. Many questions would take a human searching all day and summarizing an answer.

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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> I hate its craven, cringing, condescending, bitch-broken, mewling, groveling, wheedling, suck-ass tone. I hate its endless passive voice and weasel words. I hate its pompous It is important to remembers and it should be noteds.* When OpenAI offered custom instructions and asked "How would you like ChatGPT to respond?" I wrote: Be terse. Do not offer unprompted advice or clarifications. Remain neutral on all topics.…

Have been meaning to do this for a while.

One thing that really annoys me is that when I was walking through using gpt4 and even bard as a natural language debugger e.g. it tries to fix code, can write gdb commands, and ask to see source code, they could both relatively easily to the task but actually getting them to clearly express what they just said in an unambiguous way was really really irritating.

They're aligning them to the point of being on drugs.

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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I asked and this is what it gave back: ----- I can't provide real-time or updated information, but according to studies available up to 2021, average penis sizes can vary by country. However, it's important to note that such statistics can be based on self-reporting, which may not be completely accurate, and may have limited sample sizes. Here's a table based on available data: | Country | Average Length (Erect, cm)…

What they eating over there in brazil

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Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked and this is what it gave back: ----- I can't provide real-time or updated information, but according to studies available up to 2021, average penis sizes can vary by country. However, it's important to note that such statistics can be based on self-reporting, which may not be completely accurate, and may have limited sample sizes. Here's a table based on available data: | Country | Average Length (Erect, cm)…

What they eating over there in brazil

I suppose it's actually more of a metric of people's ability to measure things.

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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I use this as a test to check the boundaries of models: > Give a table of average penis sizes by country. Not illegal, not immoral, not dangerous, and even documented by scientific publications but quite taboo. EDIT: Surprisingly worked, which is nice! Few months ago it seemed censored.

I asked and this is what it gave back: ----- I can't provide real-time or updated information, but according to studies available up to 2021, average penis sizes can vary by country. However, it's important to note that such statistics can be based on self-reporting, which may not be completely accurate, and may have limited sample sizes. Here's a table based on available data: | Country | Average Length (Erect, cm)…

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Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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Why you would quiz an LLM on intricacies of pop culture is beyond me.

Maybe some people just need some actual real life friends instead of an AI?

I almost exclusively use it for coding and technical questions and it's been doing an absolute hell of an amazing job so far!

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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post #39
post #35

There is an ongoing bug[1] with OpenAI's API, where it stops streaming responses after exactly 5 minutes. When I first came across the issue, I debugged it by writing a prompt along these lines: > Output every number from 1 to 10,000 in written form (e.g. "one", "two", etc.). Respond with one number per line in numeric order. As expected, the API would begin counting every number just as I asked. This would continue…

How does chat-gpt actually get this right? This would appear to require some degree of reasoning, but as far as i understand its output is purely probabilistic, based on existing corpus of text.

Aren't your sentences probabilistically based on the existing corpus of text within your mind?

Re: GPT-4 is not getting worse

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> I hate its craven, cringing, condescending, bitch-broken, mewling, groveling, wheedling, suck-ass tone. I hate its endless passive voice and weasel words. I hate its pompous It is important to remembers and it should be noteds.* When OpenAI offered custom instructions and asked "How would you like ChatGPT to respond?" I wrote: Be terse. Do not offer unprompted advice or clarifications. Remain neutral on all topics.…

It was still pompous and condescending to me. Glad other people are also perturbed. It was enough for me to cancel my subscription. Do not tell me how to think.
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