With the recent open distribution of ChatGPT<\/em><\/a>, a new chatbot from OpenAI, all kinds of predictions as to the imminent death of the world as we know it have come forward and run rampant. This is the end of the college essay; The College Essay is Dead<\/em><\/a>, the Atlantic. The New York Times: a chatbot that some people think could\u00a0make Google obsolete, and that is already being compared to\u00a0the iPhone\u00a0in terms of its potential impact on society<\/em>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n And what do you know. AI is just getting started.<\/p>\n The ChatGPT recently let loose to the world is still in training. Its more advanced replacements are already lined up.<\/p>\n Beyond writing college papers, ChatGPT is wonderfully adept at entertaining chitchat one on one. What\u2019s a great name for a restaurant that\u2019s never been used before?<\/em> I asked.<\/p>\n Lickety split, the language model (it sometimes calls itself that) came back with:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Flavor Forge<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Whisking Kitchen<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Mouthwatering Menagerie<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Delicious Dining Hall<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Pickled Parrot<\/em><\/p>\n The Mouthwatering Menagerie? \u00a0<\/em>I don\u2019t think so. The Pickled Parrot<\/em> sounds like something on Sanibel circa 1983.<\/p>\n Something in my request triggered names beginning with the<\/em>. So, I tried to rectify that with a new request.<\/p>\n Just as speedily, the artificial intelligence (it sometimes calls itself that too) answered. Among my favorites were:<\/p>\n Feast of Fools<\/em><\/p>\n Feastivus<\/em><\/p>\n Gourmet Guild Hall<\/em><\/p>\n Epicurean Exchange Market<\/em><\/p>\n Flavor Fortress Bistro<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Feastivus<\/em> is more than interesting.<\/p>\n How about a good slogan for AI?<\/em><\/p>\n No problem.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AI: proceed with caution<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AI: a tool, not a threat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AI: use it for good<\/em><\/p>\n Not bad at all.<\/p>\n ChatGPT is kind of fun. Deep down, it wants to please. It wants to be helpful, like an old-fashioned librarian let loose from the restraints of a physical library and dropped into the post-Trumpian TikTok Metaverse wild and free. It knows everything we have ever entrusted to the web (up until 2021). Its successors already know so much more.<\/p>\n
\nAI: use it ethically<\/em><\/p>\n