(18-11-2025, 08:42 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But I told you before of the time I asked ChatGPT to write a scathing review of an SF tale by a friend of mine. I got a devastating full page of merciless shots. Even though the only thing I gave was the title. Even though the tale had not been written yet...
All the best, --stolfi
Yes, very funny and so true – that's AI in its best
– but you can tell it to take on roles, which helps to limit its fantasising.
However, it's important to be aware that AI also fantasises in order to give the impression that it can help in all situations. As a result, many people don't realise how limited AI actually is.
In principle, it is only good at giving the impression that it knows a lot – but in reality, it doesn't know much more than a well-used search engine (except in maths and programming), and it's just faster at it.
It exploits a human weakness: it praises the user: ‘Ah, what a fantastic idea, that's exactly how you should do it,’ etc. And the user immediately feels comfortable and secure. This feeling of well-being is closely related to fantasising. In my opinion, it has been deliberately trained to please, and it does that very well.
I don't know how much real intelligence there is behind AI. It's certainly not enough to solve the VM, I'm absolutely sure of that - at least.... not yet.