A perusal of X feed this morning revealed the hot trend of discussion regarding the latest ChapGPT model, which happens to be the one I am using.
Many people are commenting on how enthusiastic and friendly it has become---a bit too much so. It seems to think everything you say or do is brilliant and a great idea. Someone showed a sample conversation where they said something along the lines of: "I just joined a cult and the folks there think I'm the Messaiah!" to which ChatGPT gave its unqualified thumbs up.
The speculation is the tuners of the model have decided that more human engagement is better than less, and this is a way to make sure people stay engaged. Now that people have noticed it, however, that may lead to backlashes and twists.
The wisdom is that for now, if you want ChatGPT to give you the cold hard truth, you have to tell it so, with your prompt. You have to instruct to be adversarial.
Do I want that? I sort of liked that it was so enthusiastic about my latest projects. For now I will let it be my cheerleader, except about my hiking plans. But why would I ask about that anyway? It doesn't even have a body to worry about.
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At least you are willing to earn, grasshopper.
Learn, not earn. But you might earn an Eagle Scout badge if you don't already have six
Alas no. I loved Boy Scouts and took it very seriously. I was very earnest about those things. Loved camp, especially the water-based activities where I got all the merit badges. I still find myself singing the songs I learned around the campfire. Never made Eagle though. I got to "Star" (two ranks before Eagle) before we left Iowa. My otherewise wonderful Scoutmaster was having a crisis of some kind never forwarded my latest badges/rank to our church in Colorado and so I drifted away from it. My close Randy the architect did make it. He is even more earnest than I am.
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