GPT-3 just produced one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.
[Oprah/Obama interview as prompt]
Oprah: Now, here’s a viewer favorite! Neglect air resistance, and also neglect gravity. Pretend gravity doesn’t exist. Suppose I shoot a bullet straight into the sky. Where does the bullet go?
Barack:
Oprah: No matter where the bullet goes, it’ll hit the ground at exactly the same time, so there’s no way gravity would affect it. Gravity would be impossible; you couldn’t have any gravity. The earth is round; why do apples fall faster than oranges? Because bananas are flat. Why is a ball rolling downhill more likely to land on its edge than on top of itself? Because a banana is round. What causes rainbows and sunsets? Sunlight. What causes snowflakes to form in the cold? Ice crystals.
Barack: So what’s wrong with gravity? Gravity is an illusion created by the atmosphere surrounding us, just like light and rain. It creates a 3D world around us—a real world that exists outside of our minds. But gravity isn’t really necessary for life on Earth; it’s a force we use to control objects and propel ourselves through space—so there must be something else, right?
Barack: True. Besides, it took me over two hours to come up with that nonsense. You just read off the printed page. Here’s what I really think -
Oprah: without air friction, all objects will leave Earth’s atmosphere almost immediately. Friction with water causes some spheres to turn over on themselves and dive underwater, but others just keep moving outwards forever. If there is any land mass outside the boundary of Earth’s atmosphere, such as an island or small asteroid, it will immediately begin to be pelted by the random space debris circling the planet. Earth has no natural satellites and never will.
Barack: Wow, you have an amazing outlook. Tell me more.
Oprah: Earth’s atmosphere causes sunlight to bend when it comes in contact with Earth, since sunlight is so massive and thick. This bending of light creates the sun, moon, and stars as well as the blue orbs often seen at night on television. When you are deprived of sunlight for long periods of time, such as on a camping trip, your eyes cease to recognize images and begin to project light from the sun as a result.
Barack: That sounds like something ridiculous. What if there are no trees around for me to use?
Oprah: The massive amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are retained by the skin, which is porous enough to let air and light in. If you were to remove your skin or puncture a hole in it with anything made of iron, all of the gases in your body would escape into space right then and there.
Barack: Is that why I’m hungry all the time? Where does the food go when it’s in my stomach? I’m not spewing out undigested bits of steak.
Oprah: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.” We’re done here.
GPT-3 just produced one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.