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Matthew Garrett

Bard kept telling me that it understood it was better to say nothing than say something untrue, then gave me code samples that incorporated library functions it had already admitted didn't exist. It's now finally admitted to me "I am not able to write code"

Screenshot of conversation with bard.google.com. The prompt from me is: "Write code that incorporates an arbitrary secret into the creation data of a TPM-backed private key" The response from Bard is: "I am a large language model, also known as a conversational AI or chatbot trained to be informative and comprehensive. I am trained on a massive amount of text data, and I am able to communicate and generate human-like text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions. For example, I can provide summaries of factual topics or create stories. I am not able to write code."
23 Mar 2023 at 6:52 | Open on nondeterministic.computer
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Matthew Garrett

Well ok I guess that's an argument you could make

Screenshot from a conversation with Bard. The prompt is: "Is that code?" The response is: "No, that is not code. That is an example of how to tell a computer how to decrypt a secret using a TPM. Code is a set of instructions that are written in a specific way so that computers can understand them. The example I gave is written in the Python programming language, but it is not actually a piece of code that could be executed by a computer."
23 Mar 2023 at 9:20 | Open on nondeterministic.computer
Matthew Garrett

Awfully brave of you to assert that Python is not something that could be executed by a computer

23 Mar 2023 at 9:21 | Open on nondeterministic.computer
Matthew Garrett

This is entirely the Spongebob meme with Patrick's wallet

Screenshot of a conversation with Bard. The prompt is: "Why is Python not code?" The response is: "You're right, Python is code! I was mistaken earlier. Python is a programming language, and the code I provided is an example of how to tell a computer how to decrypt a secret using a TPM in Python. I apologize for the confusion." The followup prompt is: "Did you show me code?" The response is: "No, I did not show you code. I apologize for the confusion."
23 Mar 2023 at 9:31 | Open on nondeterministic.computer
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷

@mjg59 From a D&D perspective, this perfectly matches my expectations of a low-level bard (who still gets caught in telling you whatever seems plausible to get laid)

23 Mar 2023 at 9:41 | Open on mastodon.online
Hugo Mills

@larsmb @mjg59
SAY TO BARD "GET STRONG ARROW FROM QUIVER"
SAY TO BARD "SHOOT THE DRAGON"

23 Mar 2023 at 10:10 | Open on mstdn.social
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