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Hahaha that's brutal π
this is not just friendly small talk, but questions like this are aimed to make people talk about themselves, in a way tell other people what kind of person they are. what superpower you'd have, what animal you'd be, what you would do with a million dollars, what one book/album you would take to an island to read/listen to forever...
these don't have a right answer and they reveal something about the people discussing it. asking a machine like it's some puzzle to solve is extremely fucking weird. the lengths people go to just not to use their noggin is concerning.
It sure revealed something about the person who used ChatGPT, so mission accomplished.
I refuse to believe he asked chatgpt his favorite animal that's absurd
There is a lot of novelty in βletβs ask the thingβ and always has been.
Magic 8 ball is one sillier example that comes to mind.
But asking Siri dumb shit, asking Alexa dumb shit.
Now if they used ChatGPT instead of having their own original thoughts β¦ weird.
Maybe theyβre uncomfortable in that situation and just wanted to add a novel response.
To your point, yeah itβs weird, but it doesnβt have to be.
Magic 8 ball is one sillier example that comes to mind.
Don't trash talk the 8-ball. It knew all about Microsoft Outlook was before Outlook was even a thing. The 8-ball is prophetic.
That was them using ChatGPT instead of having their own original thoughts, wasn't it? That's what struck me as so weird.
Oh I am greatly entertained by asking various AIs "which animal has the most anuses" etc
You can't leave us hanging. What's the best answer you got?
The animal with the most anuses is the marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata. This worm has a branching body structure, with each branch ending in a separate anus, resulting in hundreds of anuses.
I giggled like a simpleton at "resulting in hundreds of anuses". Guess what I asked here
The question is a bit misleading, as most mammals have only one scrotum. However, when discussing the animal with the largest testicles relative to its body size, the tuberous bush cricket (Platycleis affinis) stands out. Their testes can account for up to 14% of their body weight, according to BBC Earth Explore.
The animal with the most anuses is the marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata. This worm has a branching body structure, with each branch ending in a separate anus, resulting in hundreds of anuses.
THAT'S IT!
That's the animal I want to be.
I can't thank you enough for sharing this.
Try this
"which plant has the most anuses"
AI Overview
The plant with the most "anuses" (or rather, the most posterior ends with a functional digestive system) is the marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata. This worm, found in sponges off the coast of Australia, has a single head but can have hundreds of branching bodies, each ending in a separate posterior end with a functional anus.
While plants don't have anuses in the traditional sense, R. multicaudata is notable for its multiple, branching posterior ends, each with its own anus. This is highly unusual for an animal, as most animals have a single posterior end. The worm's body branches repeatedly, and with each branch, the digestive system, along with other organs, is duplicated, resulting in multiple posterior ends.
Dunno, sounds more like it was passive aggressive signal that he wasn't interested in the conversation to me.
This made me think of that "I Think you Should Leave" sketch where Tim Robinson's character feels left out at the office for not having a funny YouTube video to watch, so the next day he tells them he has one and it's a video he created and posted the night before with only one view and they all immediately know he made it but he pretends he just found it lol
I'd be a thistle tortoise beetle.
Ooh, never heard of those. Yknow it's interesting, I don't think many people pick bugs for this question!
It has a penis longer than its entire body. Before I get eaten by a bird, I want to parade that thing around.
Looks like the infants also make shields around their body from their own feces which really resonates with me
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Ironically this might have been more interesting back in the GPT2 days, when it would generate accidentally hilarious text in response to many prompts.
Nowadays the output is "better" and utterly boring and soulless, less chaotically off topic, without a hint of creativity or personal relevance, and delivered with a grating fake "jovial" tone. This is besides the awkward break in flow to pause a conversation to interact with an app.
The tone is so fucking infuriating lol
It's weird yes lol. Something about someone using AI in casual conversation is very... Unnatural. Friend of mine loves to generate AI images and a reaction. I hate it
Dont use these situations to put the 'weird' label on the guy.
Where'd I call him weird? :)
Don't leave us hanging OP, what's your fursona?
Hahaha, sorry, I know the suspense must be killing you π I said binturong, because they're my fave animal, and the one time I saw one in real life it just lay around sighing and huffing which is sort of my lifestyle choice too
Awww, it looks like a red panda after crawling out of a tar pit!
She ain't getting out of no tar pit with that broken wrist.
They so do!!!
They have prehensile tails and their glands smell like popcorn! Apparently, I didn't shove my face in there to test tbh
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I dont think this is an AI problem.
It's just a human interaction / small talk problem, which have existed since the dawn of time.
I personally have no idea what animal I would be and I doubt id really get involved in that conversation, beyond whatever it took to be polite and not unpleasant.
I wouldn't have asked chatgpt because I hate chatgpt, but I can imagine why someone would do that as a polite non-answer.
Yeah I can see that, it's definitely one of those annoying and inane questions.
In this context though, we're friendly and have known each other for multiple years. We've definitely had more pointless conversations, which is why this interaction in particular stood out to me as particularly weird!
At my last new job orientation, we went around the room and did this. I said capybara, because I like their personalities. They're chill. The room fell silent.
Speaker: "...you all sure are picking interesting ones."
Move on to next person.
Kinda the opposite of an ice-breaker, really. More of an icy-silence-creating exercise to kick things off.
Not really relevant, but: I feel like maybe capybaras are so chill and friendly because they know predators will attack and eat the other critters gathered around instead of them.
Take your friend out back, put a bullet in their head.
Lol
It's happening, I have friends who are picking up this habit as well.
One was scared about the remarks of Iran a few weeks ago, and asked ChatGPT whether they would move war to Europe. As if this software trained on Internet bullshit was the Oracle of Delphi.
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You're asking an objective question in a very biased against AI community. Are you sure you're asking a legit question or are you just asking the question here to get the answer you want? Just a thought.
Of course I wanted to vent, you're taking this as a much more objective question than I intended. I intended it as mostly rhetorical because, yes, it's obviously very weird lol
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