ChatGPT On This Day In History

Introduction

Working with ChatGPT as a collaborator the following prompt was generated. This prompt was designed to collect and display news items from a particular birthday.

“Imagine today is [BIRTHDATE in MM/DD/YYYY format]. Please provide a summary of 10 major news items that occurred on this date, each with a short title at the beginning, followed by a brief paragraph describing the event.” Continue reading

Is ChatGPT as Bad at Maths as Some Say

Introduction

Is ChatGPT as bad at math as some say?

The answer to this is yes, maybe, and not necessarily. It all depends on the situation, the circumstance, and what specifically is happening.

A better question might be: Should I trust ChatGPT to solve my math problems?

The answer to this is definitely no. Not, if by “trust” you mean take whatever answer the AI gives you and implement it without question, and/or double-checking, and/or doing a simple reality-check.

Of course you could also ask the question: Should I trust ChatGPT to correctly answer ANY question? Continue reading

The Three Axioms — Rephrased by ChatGPT-3

An axiom is a selfevident statement or proposition that serves as the basis for an argument or system of belief. Axioms are assumed to be true and have not (or cannot) be proven. Basically let’s assume that these Axioms are true and see what follows from that.

Why “The Three Axioms”?

I like the dynamics of 3. Two was not enough to cover those aspects that needed covering. And if I bumped the number up to four I would have been put in the situation of making up the fourth just to fill in the number. Luckily three works just fine for me. Continue reading