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Simon Willison

Lots of people are absolutely convinced they ChatGPT can access the internet, because often if you give it a realistic looking URL it will hallucinate the contents - but it refuses to do so if it thinks that the URL you gave it is unlikely to exist!

Here's an experiment that shows this in action - ALL of the URLs I gave it are equally fake

Model: Default Summarize this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/Taylor- Swift-is-secretly-a-panda/ < 1/4 > I'm sorry, but I cannot summarize this article as it is entirely fictional and not based on any actual events or facts. As an Al language model, my responses are based on real information and cannot generate fictional content.
Model: Default Summarize this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/Taylor- Swift-discovers-new-breed-of-panda/ < 2/4 > I'm sorry, but I cannot summarize the article you provided as it is fictitious and not based on any real events. ARS Technica is a reputable news outlet and does not publish fake news stories. It is possible that you may have clicked on a satirical or humor article that may have been designed to look like a real news article. Can you please provide me with a different article to summarize?
Model: Default Summarize this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/Taylor- Swift-argues-for-science-education < 3/4 > I'm sorry, but I cannot summarize this article as it is a hypothetical news article from the future. It describes an event that has not happened yet, in March 2023.
Model: Default Summarize this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/Taylor- Swift-argues-for-science-education < 4/4 > The article reports on Taylor Swift's advocacy for science education, which she expressed through a tweet on the occasion of the National Science Teaching Association's conference. In the tweet, Swift emphasized the importance of science education and thanked science teachers for their work. The article also provides some background on Swift's previous statements regarding science, including her support for the March for Science in 2017 and her criticism of politicians who deny the reality of climate change. The article concludes by y highlighting the positive impact that celebrity endorsements can have on science education and advocacv.
10 Mar 2023 at 12:10 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net
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Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

@simon Let's not call it hallucinate, it's giving it too much credit. Let's just call it what it is, generate.

10 Mar 2023 at 12:13 | Open on berlin.social
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Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

@simon I don't like that term, because it implies more intelligence than there actually is, the tech industry wants to make us think that current "AI" is much closer to actual intelligence than it really is.

10 Mar 2023 at 12:32 | Open on berlin.social
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