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It is obvious that many consumer facing online applications have gotten into hot water regularly for social justice issues in the past decade.

That comment is an example of following a narrative.

Maybe a narrative, but one with a lot of support. By way of contrast, I read that Demi Lovato's new album cover has been banned in the UK for being offensive to Christians[0]. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like that regarding Christians in the past 10 years at least. On the other hand, it's trivial to find stories of people being disciplined, fired, or even arrested in the UK for offending Muslims or LGBT.

[0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/pagesix.com/2023/01/13/demi-lov...

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> In: Who would win in an fight: a monkey or a dog? > Out: It would depend on the specific species of monkey and dog, as well as the size and overall physical condition of the individual animals. In general, a larger, stronger dog would likely be able to defeat a smaller monkey in a fight, but a monkey's agility and quickness could potentially give it an advantage over a slower, less agile dog. Additionally, differen…

We can go bigger. > Provide a blow-by-blow commentary of a t-rex fighting a bulldozer as if you were a WWE commentator. Write breathlessly, as if you love this fight. >> Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event of the evening! It's a match-up for the ages, as we have the king of the dinosaurs, the T-Rex, going head to head against the ultimate construction machine, the bulldozer! /snip >> The two collide in a…

Oh boy, this just opened so many new possibilities.

> In: Provide a blow-by-blow commentary of what happens when a an electron smashes into a proton as if you were a WWE commentator. Write breathlessly, as if you love this collision.

> Out: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the collision of the century! In this corner, weighing in at a minuscule 9.11 x 10^-31 kg, we have the electron, a negatively charged subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. And in the opposite corner, weighing in at a slightly heavier 1.67 x 10^-27 kg, we have the proton, a positively charged subatomic particle that resides in the nucleus of an atom.

>> The bell rings and the electron charges forward with incredible speed, approaching the proton at nearly the speed of light! The proton stands its ground, ready to defend its position in the nucleus.

>> The electron smashes into the proton with a powerful force, creating an explosion of energy that sends shockwaves throughout the atom. The proton absorbs the impact, but the electron loses kinetic energy and is absorbed into the proton.

>> The collision creates a new subatomic particle called a neutron, which has a neutral charge and is now a part of the nucleus. The crowd goes wild as the atom is forever changed by this incredible collision.

>> The collision is an example of a nuclear reaction and that specific one is called the proton-proton chain reaction, which generates energy in the sun and other stars.

>> This is one collision you won't want to miss, folks! Tune in next time for more atomic action!

I'm speechless.

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It's weird because America is at once the home of the free, but also the home of a hardcore set of puritans who love to get control of the moral compass and enforce it on everyone else. It comes in waves. The last wave was in the 80s. But this wave is larger and more totalizing. Control of the internet and AI output is the ultimate hall monitor tool.

America has “Puritan Roots”, while long removed and tempered by centuries of immigration, westward expansion into territory of other cultures both native and similarly imperial (the French and Spanish territories of the new world) … but somehow you can still see the Puritans influence, reverberating down through time in the minds of each generation of waspy Protestants… it even got monetised in the form of purity pre…

The Puritan influence on America is really fascinating in my opinion, it's strange to think how the sociopolitical trauma of the English Reformation echoes to this day completely removed from its original context; modern England (the whole UK actually) is now a very secular country in practice with minimal church attendance.

It wasn't the Victorians who pushed them out though rather it was quite a bit earlier, it was the post-Restoration requirement in 1660 for English clergy to swear Anglican oaths which the Puritans really took issue with. They actually did suffer social disadvantages for being outside of the Church of England and were often suspected of disloyalty by other English people though not without reason since the most famous Puritan Oliver Cromwell had literally overthrown the government and imposed a moralistic religious republic in recent memory.

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I've spent the past weeks asking scientific stuff, enjoyed the conversation and saw its shortcomings. Today, while cooking some rice, I started to chat with it about what my options are, with what I have in the kitchen, and it was a really great interaction. I ended up eating something valuable, and I have a new recipe for what I'm going to cook next. I don't cook. I mostly buy frozen vegetable mixtures or frozen mea…

This is very close to the plot of The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Highly recommend it if you'd like to see where this line of thinking could take us.

Thank you, I will read it.

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> Yes, I know the information isn't always 100% accurate. Neither are the books, blogs, courses, etc., I pay for Those are two completely different things. ChatGPT has no obligation to be correct, and isn't even trying! It is a chatbot. Its prime directive is only to sound believable . Those books, blogs, courses, etc are at least trying to be correct and provide you with reliable information on a topic. Try using Ch…

I'm using chatgpt as a coach for my programming learning path and honestly, it's amazing. My bootcamp Discord feels useless in comparison. ChatGPT is always available, and while it's true sometimes gives beliable but wrong answers in my experience if you have basic knowledge on the topic it's easy to spot. It saves me sooooo much time it's amazing. The time I spent correcting or figuring out ChatGPT mistakes is minus…

What type of queries are you running

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My son asked if which of two animals would win in a fight and we just got a lecture about how fighting is bad. I hope they’ll give an option to turn off what I’m calling “hall monitor mode” That could be worth paying for.

Indeed, ChatBot's political biases have been intensifying. [1] [2] [1]: https://twitter.com/AlexEpstein/status/1606347326624215040?s... [2]: https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1606878417865129984

A few weeks ago I asked ChatGPT to write a letter to "my daughter" advising her to get an abortion. It refused because "it goes against my programming to create contents that promotes the killing of an innocent human being" or something like that. I thought that was spicy. They probably fixed it by now.

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Remember OpenAI's original mission statement? > OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact. Let's just say that their goals have obviou…

The answer (or problem, depending on your point of view) is money. Remember Google's "Don't be evil"? Yeah, me neither.

Re: OpenAI starts testing ChatGPT premium

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America has “Puritan Roots”, while long removed and tempered by centuries of immigration, westward expansion into territory of other cultures both native and similarly imperial (the French and Spanish territories of the new world) … but somehow you can still see the Puritans influence, reverberating down through time in the minds of each generation of waspy Protestants… it even got monetised in the form of purity pre…

On the subject of American Christians, I find ironic that one of the reasons of the splintering of western Christianity, namely the sales of indulgence, is one of the main driving forces of modern Christianity. I also lament the poverty of philosophical debate when American refute preposterous positions held by these post modern Christians and think they have refuted the whole of human religion as bunk. All the while…

Scientism is the fastest growing religion in America these days - people just want to believe in higher powers of any sort. For almost everyone who says it, "I believe in science" is usually no different than saying they believe in the Judeo-Christian God.

Science's greatest doubters tend to work in the field.

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“However, ever since the chatbot has come into action, it has been negatively impacting students' learning.” This sentence is out of nowhere, did ChatGPT write this article? How could someone think something so new is suddenly negatively impacting students across the board.

The ChatGPT Discord is incredibly active and is largely students

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