ChatGPT is an AI language model that was trained on a large body of text from a variety of sources. It is being described as a “breakthrough” in AI. Personally, based on a number of questions, I think it has a long way to go.
Asked to compile a list of Rectors of St Brelade’s Church it have a made up list of other Reverends, none of whom had ever been Rectors of St Brelade’s Church! . Somehow Harold Davidson (Rector of Stiffkey, defrocked 1932) crept in! Thankfully we have never had that here!
The wonderful AI system said: “This is not an exhaustive list, and there have been many other rectors of St Brelade's Church over the centuries. Each of these individuals has contributed in their own way to the history and development of the church, and their names can be found in various historical records and archives.”
In fact, none of them has!
Perhaps the most peculiar rending of history was when asked about invasions of Jersey, it rightly mentioned the Battle of Jersey, but also mentioned an invasion of 1803 when the French occupied Jersey for 3 years! Dear reader, it never happened – unless it was an invasion of French farm workers looking for plentiful cider!!
To help, it gave details of non-existent books about the invasion of 1803, and when corrected said “I’m sorry to have mislead you.. a further check of my database shows there was no invasion in 1803”. And when asked about the books said “As the invasion didn’t happen, the books didn’t exist”.
If this is the future of AI, I don’t think we have anything to worry about. A.I. clearly stands for Artificial Idiot!!!
Asked to compile a list of Rectors of St Brelade’s Church it have a made up list of other Reverends, none of whom had ever been Rectors of St Brelade’s Church! . Somehow Harold Davidson (Rector of Stiffkey, defrocked 1932) crept in! Thankfully we have never had that here!
The wonderful AI system said: “This is not an exhaustive list, and there have been many other rectors of St Brelade's Church over the centuries. Each of these individuals has contributed in their own way to the history and development of the church, and their names can be found in various historical records and archives.”
In fact, none of them has!
Perhaps the most peculiar rending of history was when asked about invasions of Jersey, it rightly mentioned the Battle of Jersey, but also mentioned an invasion of 1803 when the French occupied Jersey for 3 years! Dear reader, it never happened – unless it was an invasion of French farm workers looking for plentiful cider!!
To help, it gave details of non-existent books about the invasion of 1803, and when corrected said “I’m sorry to have mislead you.. a further check of my database shows there was no invasion in 1803”. And when asked about the books said “As the invasion didn’t happen, the books didn’t exist”.
If this is the future of AI, I don’t think we have anything to worry about. A.I. clearly stands for Artificial Idiot!!!
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