ChatGPT has gone berserk
We recorded 8 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 6 can’t be checked. 1 more is held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (8)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“Over the last few hours, people reporting having been report a variety of problems with ChatGPT:”
What we tested: Over the last few hours before the post, people reported a variety of problems with ChatGPT.
What happened: OpenAI acknowledged receiving reports during the incident window. This corroborates their existence without establishing every reported symptom. (OpenAI, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“But I will quote something I said two weeks ago: “Please, developers and military personnel, don’t let your chatbots grow up to generals.””
What we tested: Developers and military personnel should not let their chatbots grow up to be generals.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“In the end, Generative AI is a kind of alchemy.”
What we tested: In the end, generative AI is a kind of alchemy.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“The reality, though is that these systems have never been been stable.”
What we tested: Generative AI systems have never been stable.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“We are still living in the age of machine learning alchemy that xkcd captured so well in a cartoon several years ago:”
What we tested: We are still living in the age of machine learning alchemy that an xkcd cartoon captured several years ago.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“The need for altogether different technologies that are less opaque, more interpretable, more maintanable, and more debuggable — and hence more tractable—remains paramount.”
What we tested: It is of paramount importance to develop altogether different AI technologies that are less opaque, more interpretable, maintainable, and debuggable than generative AI.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Today’s issue may well be fixed quickly, but I hope it will be seen as the wakeup call that it is.”
What we tested: The ChatGPT malfunction of February 2024 may well be fixed quickly.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Today’s issue may well be fixed quickly, but I hope it will be seen as the wakeup call that it is.”
What we tested: The ChatGPT malfunction is a genuine wakeup call about the instability of generative AI and should be treated as one.
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