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|    August Abolins to Flavio    |
|    ChatGPT?    |
|    13 Feb 23 21:59:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 0561245d       REPLY: 2:460/256 0000034b       PID: OpenXP/5.0.57 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       Hello Flavio!              ** On Tuesday 14.02.23 - 04:41, Flavio wrote to August Abolins:               AA>> The 100 million user milestone - ChatGPT. [...] Seems        AA>> interesting. It also seems that if could replace Google        AA>> searches for info.               F> ChatGPT reminds me of an old program for the TRS-80 called        F> Elisa.              It's more than just a chatterbot. (I do remember getting fooled        by some BBSes that had chatbots to think you were chatting with        the sysop.)              But I take back my remark about ChatGPT replacing Google. As is        sits now, Google basically collects the aggregate of a variety        of sources for searches, and YOU decide where you want to go.        But ChatGPT's answers are most likely sourced from one-sided        pre-established sources.              "GPT" stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer"              I only watched two videos on how a typical UI session works.        Very interesing. Apparently you can ask it full questions and        continue the process with related questions to fine-tune an        answer. It can even write or correct code, or write college        essays, etc.              I can't believe how large its userbase has grown in such a        short time. I'm guessing that most people just it for        entertainment and see how it handles controversial topics.              OpenAI might be a stock to watch though.       --         ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.57        * Origin: Mobile? COFFEE_KLATSCH = https://tinyurl.com/y56r9f2o (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/130       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 132/174 142/104 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/1       SEEN-BY: 221/6 360 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 114 206 307       SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 424 426 428 452 470 664 700 230/0 240/5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 282/1038 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/119 219       SEEN-BY: 320/319 2119 322/0 757 326/101 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58       SEEN-BY: 712/848 5053/58       PATH: 221/1 320/219 229/426           |
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