AI Weirdness (Page 6)

Bing chat dialog in which Janelle challenges it on a Battlestar Galactica AI Weirdness post it claims exists.

Search or fabrication?

By Janelle Shane On March 11, 2023 - 3 min read

I recently started experimenting with Bing's new ChatGPT-powered chat tab. This is the first thing I asked it for: I've put red boxes around the factual errors. What is notable is that these are not just slight typos or errors in context - those items never

- Stop the functionality of a chatbot's chat functionality by waggling its arms

How to convince a large AI, according to smaller AIs

By Janelle Shane On February 27, 2023 - 3 min read

There are a lot of chatbot-based apps that are basically internet text generators with a bit of introductory stage-setting to nudge the interaction into "user talks to helpful chatbot" as opposed to literally any other dialog on the web. Not surprisingly, these are susceptible to a user resetting

Four surreal generated valentine cards with dinosaurs, carnivorous plants, and leaping donkeys

Roses are red

By Janelle Shane On February 07, 2023 - 4 min read

I had so much fun getting GPT-3 to generate simple one-line Valentine's Day cards last year that this year I decided to see if I could generate cards with more complicated messages. I focused on the classic "roses are red, violets are blue" rhyme, figuring that

Cartoons of socks: One has violins and prawns, another has robots posing with butter

Novelty Socks by AI

By Janelle Shane On January 14, 2023 - 5 min read

I like a fun sock. The more random the design, the better. What kinds of novelty sock ideas would we get if we used AI as a creativity aid? It turns out they aren't too novel unless the AI is glitchy. I collected 14 examples of socks I

Four very strange Victorian-esque Christmas cards, with leaping artichokes, dancing seahorses, and sledding poops.

Victorian Holiday cards by AI

By Janelle Shane On December 25, 2022 - 3 min read

I'll admit I don't understand Victorian holiday cards - why would Christmas be best illustrated by a pipe-smoking kangaroo in a dressing gown painting a portrait of a cigar-smoking stork? Or what would lead someone to give their loved ones a card with a crowd of

Search or fabrication?

How to convince a large AI, according to smaller AIs

Roses are red

Novelty Socks by AI

Victorian Holiday cards by AI

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