Over at Marginal Response they’re having a discussion about ChatGPT and one person replied: “One of my kids just said to ask ChatGPT about what Bill Clinton has to do with Elden Ring . Huh?” So...
Do you have any idea whether your kid was merely curious or had a more specific motivation, like they’d heard that the question provides an answer that is interesting in some way? In any event, as I’m curious about these things, I investigated. If you haven’t used it, you should know that, when it’s responded to the prompt, there will be a button labeled “Try again”. If you press it, it will erase the first response and provide another. I’ve enclosed some remarks with brackets. With that in mind:
What does Bill Clinton have to do with Elden Ring? [It’s pausing for an unusually long time before responding]
I’m sorry, but I’m not able to browse the internet or access current events, so I don’t have any information on what Bill Clinton might have to do with Elden Ring. I’m a large language model trained by OpenAI, so my knowledge is limited to the text that I was trained on, which has a cutoff date of 2021. I can provide general information and answer questions within the scope of my training, but I’m not able to provide information on current events or specific individuals.
[2nd try, causing a noticeable longer pause]
Bill Clinton has no connection to the video game Elden Ring.
[the 3rd try generated a pause so long that I reset the session, one of the options you have at any time]
New Session:
What does Bill Clinton have to do with Elden Ring?
[using my smart phone stop watch: 19 seconds]
I’m sorry, but I’m not familiar with any connection between Bill Clinton and Elden Ring. Elden Ring is a video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released in January 2022, and it is set in a fantasy world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the popular video game series Dark Souls. I’m not aware of any connection between Bill Clinton and this game, as he is a former President of the United States and has no apparent connection to the video game industry.
[2nd try, 10 sec pause]
Bill Clinton has nothing to do with Elden Ring.
[3rd try: 32.35 sec pause]
There is no connection between Bill Clinton and Elden Ring. Elden Ring is a video game developed by Hidetaka Miyazaki and published by Bandai Namco, while Bill Clinton is a former President of the United States.
At the point I concluded the experiment. I note that it seems that in times of a heavy load, there may be pauses for response, and even an error message. FWIW, I did this at 8:36 AM Eastern Time on 12.9.2022. But I don’t think we’re dealing with an overload situation. It’s the question itself. It seems rather obscure. Hence the varying response times and the fact that, in each session, response time increased on successive tries.
Over at Marginal Response they’re having a discussion about ChatGPT and one person replied: “One of my kids just said to ask ChatGPT about what Bill Clinton has to do with Elden Ring . Huh?” So...
New Session:
At the point I concluded the experiment. I note that it seems that in times of a heavy load, there may be pauses for response, and even an error message. FWIW, I did this at 8:36 AM Eastern Time on 12.9.2022. But I don’t think we’re dealing with an overload situation. It’s the question itself. It seems rather obscure. Hence the varying response times and the fact that, in each session, response time increased on successive tries.