I will play the word association game here tonight with ChatGPT doing the association a few times.
ChatGPT: Hello! How can I help you today?
Me: do you know what a word association game is?
ChatGPT: Yes, a word association game is a language game where one person says a word and the next person says the first word that comes to mind in response. The goal is to see how quickly and creatively the words connect and to test a person's ability to associate words and ideas.
Me: can you play this game with me?
ChatGPT: Sure! I'd love to play a word association game with you. You can start by saying a word and I'll respond with the first word that comes to mind.
Mikey's word: spire
ChatGPT: tower
(see the word association thread for a few more responses)
ROFL! Oh dear ! I've haven't laughed that much in years. What a gem. But let no good turn go unpunished :
Kavanagh is a long time contributor to the Einstein At Home distributed computing project. He likes jokes, is very helpful and is quite witty. Compose a limerick about him.
There once was a man named Kavanagh,
With jokes and wit, he'd make you laugh,
He contributed with zeal,
To Einstein At Home's big wheel,
And made the work seem like just a half!
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Aren't those limericks supposed to be posted in the humor thread?
:)
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
This thread is fascinating. Thank all of you for starting/contributing to it.
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
I have not asked ChatGPT many questions, but instead of deep science or cheap poetry, I've asked some help on common household tasks, and some insight into historical events which figure in DVDs I'm watching.
In the latter category I'm currently watching "I Claudius", an old BBC production of the Robert Graves novels. In the first episode Livia, then wife to Caesar Augustus, is strongly implied to have induced a few deaths in order to rearrange court matters (succession, in particular) to her liking.
So I asked:
Which Romans did Livia kill?
And got the answer:
Livia Drusilla, the wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus, was not known to have personally killed anyone. However, she was often rumored to have been involved in the political machinations of her time and was said to have had a hand in the deaths of several notable Romans, including her own son Drusus, as well as Julius Caesar's heir Augustus, and the senator Appius Claudius. However, these rumors were never substantiated, and it is likely that they were spread by her enemies as part of a smear campaign against her. Ultimately, the true extent of Livia's involvement in these events is unclear and will likely remain a subject of historical speculation.
In the household matters category, it has been my wife's habit for many years to put a little vinegar in the washing machine tray that gets added to rinse water. When I asked her what it was supposed to help she had no answer. But ChatGPT had several.
How does S-300 missile guidance differ between air target and ground attack?
ChatGPT replied:
The S-300 is a versatile surface-to-air missile system that is capable of engaging both air targets and ground targets. The guidance systems for these two types of targets differ in several ways.
For air targets, the S-300 uses semi-active radar homing guidance, which means that the missile is guided towards the target by the radar system that launched it. The radar system illuminates the target and the missile homes in on the reflected signal. This allows the S-300 to engage fast-moving targets at long ranges and provides high accuracy.
For ground targets, the S-300 uses inertial navigation or GPS guidance. In this mode, the missile uses onboard accelerometers and navigation sensors to determine its position and follow a pre-programmed flight path. This type of guidance is used when the S-300 is used in a ground-attack role, as it provides a high degree of precision and is suitable for engaging stationary or slow-moving targets.
It is worth noting that the S-300 has several variants and different models may have different guidance capabilities. However, the general guidance principles for air and ground targets described above are typical for the S-300 system.
I'd score that as quite good (though I doubt the S-300 actually uses GPS itself). As it happens this is topical. For Ukraine their remaining S-300 rounds are a precious resource, with few if any used against ground targets as they are one of their more capable means of keeping their sky clear of Russian bombers and attack aircraft, and thinning out the intermittent volleys of cruise missiles. The Russians, on the other hand, must have a big inventory and not much concern about husbanding them against future Ukraine (or US) air assault, so have been using them in quantity in ground target mode. While not super accurate, the kinematics of the S-300 round are outside the usual operating success envelope of the currently active Ukraine air defenses, so these rounds do generally get through.
FWIW : Chat GPT is now available on Australian servers and you can get priority use even when things are busy by paying $20 AUD per month. So I hooked up to that.
Now I then asked it the lyrics for the Jimmy Barnes ( epic ) song 'Flame Trees' and it totally boned it by presenting some other song instead.
As the effective successor to Google I think ChatGPT is/will do well as a search device. My understanding is that Google, the company, doesn't have a stake in this new technology. I see it as an automated search tool.
But I wonder how many patients I will see who had settled on Dr ChatGPT for their health issues, not realising that it is a language engine. This is/was a huge risk with Dr Google and the key driver of more than a few tragedies that I know of. Of course human doctors can err likewise, but who do you hold to account when an AI tool fails ?
Take a recent example of automotive automation : I own a Mitsubishi Outlander which has all manner of collision detection functions from auto-braking if the car in front suddenly slows ( or the one in front of that one etc ), to lane deviation detection, lane change collisions, and parking proximity alerts. Sounds good right ? Well just try going through a McDonald's drive through* then ! It just can't cope with close proximity to other cars, bollards and buildings and fires off all sorts of distracting beeps and squeaks. I'll have to reduce it's paranoia level to get some peace, or alternatively not do drive throughs.
That sounds harmless I know but it is just the sort of automation misunderstanding that can slide to tragedy. A use case outside of the set considered during design. The aviation industry is replete with similar examples, especially by loading up the pilots cognitive inputs and reducing their ability to aviate when things get busy. They 'get behind' the plane.
{ There's the old semi-joke about the pilot and the guard dog in the cockpit. The autopilot flies the plane, the dog growls & stops the pilot from touching the controls, while the pilot is there to feed the dog. ;-) }
Cheers, Mike.
* Of 'Heisenberg' type : the in-lane splits into several, each going past it's own ordering pillar, then all converging to the pay booth and pickup. I say Heisenberg as there is some type of uncertainty induced by the arrangement as evidenced by the muck up in the order.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Take a recent example of automotive automation : I own a Mitsubishi Outlander which has all manner of collision detection functions from auto-braking if the car in front suddenly slows ( or the one in front of that one etc ), to lane deviation detection, lane change collisions, and parking proximity alerts. Sounds good right ? Well just try going through a McDonald's drive through* then ! It just can't cope with close proximity to other cars, bollards and buildings and fires off all sorts of distracting beeps and squeaks. I'll have to reduce it's paranoia level to get some peace, or alternatively not do drive throughs.
Cheers, Mike.
My wife owns a Mercedes GLC-300 and it has that stuff on it as well, I was driving in the middle of a Sunny day thru a small town with windy 2 lanes in each direction roads and the car slammed on the brakes as I was going around a corner in the inside lane about 15 behind and to the left of a tractor trailer, turns out the very shiny mud flaps told the sensor that we were going to crash. We were all doing about 50mph and everyone was being nice about staying in their own lanes etc but the car trying to stop in the middle of the road with a whole line of cars behind me was not a good thing.The shiny mud flaps on the truck interfered sooo much with the cars safety sensors that I had to back off until we got to a straight section where I could pass him and then stay in front. We took it to the dealer and they said 'oh it's common but there's nothing you can do about it', it's now in the back of our minds as we drive always on the lookout for shiny objects.
My wife owns a Mercedes GLC-300 and it has that stuff on it as well, I was driving in the middle of a Sunny day thru a small town with windy 2 lanes in each direction roads and the car slammed on the brakes as I was going around a corner in the inside lane about 15 behind and to the left of a tractor trailer, turns out the very shiny mud flaps told the sensor that we were going to crash. We were all doing about 50mph and everyone was being nice about staying in their own lanes etc but the car trying to stop in the middle of the road with a whole line of cars behind me was not a good thing.The shiny mud flaps on the truck interfered sooo much with the cars safety sensors that I had to back off until we got to a straight section where I could pass him and then stay in front. We took it to the dealer and they said 'oh it's common but there's nothing you can do about it', it's now in the back of our minds as we drive always on the lookout for shiny objects.
LOL. That's why I'm driving an old Saab 9-5. And it's really me, that controls the thing, not some bunch of computer software which programmers have no clue of the realities out there. They use simulations and models in their artificial world. As soon as a computer can drive a car as smoothly and predictably on a crowded german Autobahn or along a narrow track (built for donkeys centuries ago) in southern italian villages as me, then I would consider buying such a car. Eventually.
HAL wrote: I will play the
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Me Dr Mike Hewson is a
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Richard
ROFL! Oh dear ! I've haven't
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ROFL! Oh dear ! I've haven't laughed that much in years. What a gem. But let no good turn go unpunished :
Kavanagh is a long time contributor to the Einstein At Home distributed computing project. He likes jokes, is very helpful and is quite witty. Compose a limerick about him.
There once was a man named Kavanagh,
With jokes and wit, he'd make you laugh,
He contributed with zeal,
To Einstein At Home's big wheel,
And made the work seem like just a half!
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Aren't those limericks
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Aren't those limericks supposed to be posted in the humor thread?
:)
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
This thread is fascinating.
)
This thread is fascinating. Thank all of you for starting/contributing to it.
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor) I want some more patience. RIGHT NOW!
I have not asked ChatGPT many
)
I have not asked ChatGPT many questions, but instead of deep science or cheap poetry, I've asked some help on common household tasks, and some insight into historical events which figure in DVDs I'm watching.
In the latter category I'm currently watching "I Claudius", an old BBC production of the Robert Graves novels. In the first episode Livia, then wife to Caesar Augustus, is strongly implied to have induced a few deaths in order to rearrange court matters (succession, in particular) to her liking.
So I asked:
Which Romans did Livia kill?
And got the answer:
Livia Drusilla, the wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus, was not known to have personally killed anyone. However, she was often rumored to have been involved in the political machinations of her time and was said to have had a hand in the deaths of several notable Romans, including her own son Drusus, as well as Julius Caesar's heir Augustus, and the senator Appius Claudius. However, these rumors were never substantiated, and it is likely that they were spread by her enemies as part of a smear campaign against her. Ultimately, the true extent of Livia's involvement in these events is unclear and will likely remain a subject of historical speculation.
In the household matters category, it has been my wife's habit for many years to put a little vinegar in the washing machine tray that gets added to rinse water. When I asked her what it was supposed to help she had no answer. But ChatGPT had several.
I asked: How does S-300
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I asked:
How does S-300 missile guidance differ between air target and ground attack?
ChatGPT replied:
I'd score that as quite good (though I doubt the S-300 actually uses GPS itself). As it happens this is topical. For Ukraine their remaining S-300 rounds are a precious resource, with few if any used against ground targets as they are one of their more capable means of keeping their sky clear of Russian bombers and attack aircraft, and thinning out the intermittent volleys of cruise missiles. The Russians, on the other hand, must have a big inventory and not much concern about husbanding them against future Ukraine (or US) air assault, so have been using them in quantity in ground target mode. While not super accurate, the kinematics of the S-300 round are outside the usual operating success envelope of the currently active Ukraine air defenses, so these rounds do generally get through.
FWIW : Chat GPT is now
)
FWIW : Chat GPT is now available on Australian servers and you can get priority use even when things are busy by paying $20 AUD per month. So I hooked up to that.
Now I then asked it the lyrics for the Jimmy Barnes ( epic ) song 'Flame Trees' and it totally boned it by presenting some other song instead.
As the effective successor to Google I think ChatGPT is/will do well as a search device. My understanding is that Google, the company, doesn't have a stake in this new technology. I see it as an automated search tool.
But I wonder how many patients I will see who had settled on Dr ChatGPT for their health issues, not realising that it is a language engine. This is/was a huge risk with Dr Google and the key driver of more than a few tragedies that I know of. Of course human doctors can err likewise, but who do you hold to account when an AI tool fails ?
Take a recent example of automotive automation : I own a Mitsubishi Outlander which has all manner of collision detection functions from auto-braking if the car in front suddenly slows ( or the one in front of that one etc ), to lane deviation detection, lane change collisions, and parking proximity alerts. Sounds good right ? Well just try going through a McDonald's drive through* then ! It just can't cope with close proximity to other cars, bollards and buildings and fires off all sorts of distracting beeps and squeaks. I'll have to reduce it's paranoia level to get some peace, or alternatively not do drive throughs.
That sounds harmless I know but it is just the sort of automation misunderstanding that can slide to tragedy. A use case outside of the set considered during design. The aviation industry is replete with similar examples, especially by loading up the pilots cognitive inputs and reducing their ability to aviate when things get busy. They 'get behind' the plane.
{ There's the old semi-joke about the pilot and the guard dog in the cockpit. The autopilot flies the plane, the dog growls & stops the pilot from touching the controls, while the pilot is there to feed the dog. ;-) }
Cheers, Mike.
* Of 'Heisenberg' type : the in-lane splits into several, each going past it's own ordering pillar, then all converging to the pay booth and pickup. I say Heisenberg as there is some type of uncertainty induced by the arrangement as evidenced by the muck up in the order.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Mike Hewson wrote: Take a
)
My wife owns a Mercedes GLC-300 and it has that stuff on it as well, I was driving in the middle of a Sunny day thru a small town with windy 2 lanes in each direction roads and the car slammed on the brakes as I was going around a corner in the inside lane about 15 behind and to the left of a tractor trailer, turns out the very shiny mud flaps told the sensor that we were going to crash. We were all doing about 50mph and everyone was being nice about staying in their own lanes etc but the car trying to stop in the middle of the road with a whole line of cars behind me was not a good thing.The shiny mud flaps on the truck interfered sooo much with the cars safety sensors that I had to back off until we got to a straight section where I could pass him and then stay in front. We took it to the dealer and they said 'oh it's common but there's nothing you can do about it', it's now in the back of our minds as we drive always on the lookout for shiny objects.
mikey schrieb: My wife owns
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LOL. That's why I'm driving an old Saab 9-5. And it's really me, that controls the thing, not some bunch of computer software which programmers have no clue of the realities out there. They use simulations and models in their artificial world. As soon as a computer can drive a car as smoothly and predictably on a crowded german Autobahn or along a narrow track (built for donkeys centuries ago) in southern italian villages as me, then I would consider buying such a car. Eventually.