Robin Abcarian: I asked ChatGPT to write me a symphony, a letter to an ex and more
I mean, what was I expecting from a chatbot? A formula for world peace? Clues on how to mend a broken heart? A cheesy joke? Sure, all that, why not? I wasn't expecting it, however, to blow me off, to tell me it was too busy for me. And that it would get in touch later by email, when it was free. But that's how it goes with ChatGPT , the amazingly lifelike program that rolled out in November ...
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Jan 24, 2023
4 minutes
I mean, what was I expecting from a chatbot? A formula for world peace? Clues on how to mend a broken heart? A cheesy joke?
Sure, all that, why not?
I wasn't expecting it, however, to blow me off, to tell me it was too busy for me. And that it would get in touch later by email, when it was free.
But that's how it goes with the amazingly lifelike program that rolled out in November and has promptly been deluged with curious users — more than a million, according to its San Francisco-based creator, OpenAI. It has been called "quite simply, ever released to the general
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