Fun with Chat GPT

[Sweetfancymoses]

ChatGPT's genteel speech pattern is eerily reminiscent of Hal in 2001 - A Space Odyssey. I'll ask Alexa to play some 'Also sprach Zarathustra' for me.

 

[Erica]

I just tried asking it the same question and it told me it did not know his parent's name and that their is little information available on them but that his father was a gardener.

I have absolutely no idea what the true answer is and I'm not questioning your assertion that he was a baker but I am curious how you know he was a baker. It certainly doesn't seem like something that would be common knowledge.

I never thought to ask it to provide possible canoe routes. That could definitely lead to some fun during the winter months!

Alan

Researching Charles Mason was just one of those rabbit holes I go down from time to time. I used it to test ChatGPT because it was not widely known. The information can be found in more than one source, but here is one for you:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsnr.1951.0004

Canoe Routes as suggested by ChatGPT:

Sure, here are a few more suggested canoe routes in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park that meet your criteria of no upstream paddling and no portages longer than 400m for a 14-day or longer trip:

1. The Red Lake Loop

Duration: 14-16 days (depending on your pace)

Portages: 4 portages with no portages longer than 400 meters

Day 1-2: Begin at the Red Lake access point and paddle through Red Lake and Upper Wapesi Lake.

Day 3-4: Paddle through Lower Wapesi Lake and take a 250m portage to move into the Deer River.

Day 5-7: Paddle through the Deer River and take a 200m portage to move into the Gammon River.

Day 8-10: Paddle through the Gammon River and take a 180m portage to move into the Yokeko River.

Day 11-13: Paddle through the Yokeko River and into Broadleaf Lake, then take a 330m portage to move into the Red Lake River.

Day 14-16: Paddle downstream on the Red Lake River to reach the end point at the Red Lake access point.

I have not checked this with a map to see how reasonable it might be.

 

[Alan Gage]

Q: Do you know any good canoe jokes?

A:
Sure, I can share a canoe joke with you:

Why did the canoe blush?

Because it saw the shore and couldn't paddle fast enough!

 

[Alan Gage]

Q: Do you know any good canoe jokes?

A:
Sure, I can share a canoe joke with you:

Why did the canoe blush?

Because it saw the shore and couldn't paddle fast enough!

Perhaps, like me, you didn't get the joke either. I asked Chat GPT to explain it to me:

Of course, I'd be happy to explain the joke.

In the joke, the canoe blushes, which means it turns red. The reason the canoe turns red is because it sees the shore, which is where it wants to go. However, canoes don't have the ability to paddle on their own, so the joke implies that the canoe is embarrassed or "blushing" because it can't paddle fast enough to reach the shore. The humor comes from the personification of the canoe and the play on words with the phrase "can't paddle fast enough."

I then asked ChatGPT if it made that joke up all by itself, and, not surprisingly, it responded to the affirmative.

I thought a more proper response to "Why did the canoe blush" would have been, "Because it's an early model Bell."

I've asked Chat GPT a few more jokes and, oddly enough, they're kinda funny in the same way a bad movie is funny. Sometimes we work together to improve the jokes. I may have found a new BFF.

Alan

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Alan, we are all enriched by the fact that you are posting here instead of installing new batteries in the line of Tesla's outside your shop, but I tentatively suggest that watching Midnight Cowboy might have more redeeming value than chatting with AI. It at least has three Oscars and sex . . . from a time when those things were apolitical and fun.

But, as always, different jokes for different folks, as long as everyone keeps chatting. Carry on . . . I was just having a '60s nostalgia flashback. The greatest decade!

 

[Alan Gage]

I tentatively suggest that watching Midnight Cowboy might have more redeeming value than chatting with AI. It at least has three Oscars and sex . . . from a time when those things were apolitical and fun.

I took your advice last night and settled in for a relaxing evening of male prostitution. I can't say I was a huge fan of the movie but it was worth the watch. I've never been a big John Voight fan but he did play an interesting character and Dustin Hofmann, as usual, did a great job.

Alan

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

I took your advice last night

I didn't actually expect that, Alan, as my post was mainly rhetorical. You may be the first person to take my advice since my last kid was 11. If you can tolerate more Jon Voight and male pigginess, don't miss "Deliverance". It also has canoes, guns, bows, arrows and banjos.

 

[Alan Gage]

I didn't actually expect that, Alan, as my post was mainly rhetorical. You may be the first person to take my advice since my last kid was 11. If you can tolerate more Jon Voight and male pigginess, don't miss "Deliverance". It also has canoes, guns, bows, arrows and banjos.

I've seen Deliverance a few times and despite John Voight being in it I enjoyed it every time. It's probably been 25 years since I last saw it so it's probably due for a re-watch.

A month or so ago I 'read' the (audio) book version and it was better than I remembered the movie being. But that always seems to be the case when it comes to books vs. movies. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who has (or hasn't) seen the movie. Knowing the plot and what was going to happen was no detraction at all from enjoying the book. There were plenty of differences and the book allowed much more character introspection that can't be conveyed in a movie. Also, the book didn't have John Voight in it.

Nice pun, BTW

Alan