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I still don't see or have read about a useful use case for GPT-3. Maybe for procedurally generated chitchat between NPC in video games or an advanced Lorem ipsu

I still don't see or have read about a useful use case for GPT-3. Maybe for procedurally generated chitchat between NPC in video games or an advanced Lorem ipsum generator but that's about it.

bananaface 6y ago
Auto-formatting punctuation - or syntax. You can show it a few examples and it will insert punctuation into raw words coming in from speech recognition, or convert badly formatted Python into well-formatted Python. It can correct syntax errors in C++ (!). More generally, it can convert text from a simple, unstructured form into more complex, more structured form, with just a few example transforms. It's astonishingly good at it, but I haven't seen much on the public net about it. I don't know why people aren't exploring it more tbh.
- tensility 6y ago
  Now that it is a captive technology, the question becomes why should anyone want to explore it other than Microsoft.
  - bananaface 6y ago
    It's not captive. It's quite replicable (and impossible to monopolise), it's just expensive.
TaupeRanger 6y ago
Yes. People were literally claiming to be able to write code using English language descriptions. This guy on Twitter generated a ton of hype with these cherry picked examples...even from people who should know better like Eliezer Yudkowsky. https://twitter.com/sharifshameem/status/1284095222939451393?s=19 https://twitter.com/sharifshameem/status/1284095222939451393...
- avoidboringppl 6y ago
  Also interesting to note that the hype came a while after the release of GPT-3 (the tweet was about a month after), and that many of the examples could have possibly been generated from GPT-2 (which didn't get as much hype). Put another way, you could show ppl GPT-2 examples from a year ago and claim they were from GPT-3, and I don't think many would know the difference. I do think GPT-3 has shown improvement, and it's a step forward, but it probably tells more about how humans interpret rather than how AI might work. Wrote about it more in the link below: https://avoidboringpeople.substack.com/p/doctor-gpt-3 https://avoidboringpeople.substack.com/p/doctor-gpt-3
paulyacoubian 6y ago
I’m the founder of copy.ai, a GPT-3 app that generates short form marketing copy. We have paying users already who find it helpful.
- notsuoh 6y ago
  Oof, such an awesome technology whose use is going for something like marketing copy. I'm sure it pays the bills for you, but is kind of gross overall.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - oh_sigh 6y ago
    Yes, if only they put their efforts towards generating low effort, self-righteous posts on message boards. Marketing isn't evil, and it isn't the end of the world.
    - notsuoh 6y ago
      Of course marketing isn't evil, and I didn't say that. Marketing can be quite awesome and impressively done. However, you know AI/GPT-3-based writing and helping of marketing copy will lead to lowest common denominator scaling of marketing copy to everyone with tweaks for the specifically targeted person. My opinion is that that's as gross as ML people at Google optimizing for every ad click with slight tweaks to maximize revenue at any cost. Gross. As to your dig, my conscience is clear; I made a conscious effort to avoid such ends in my professional life, sometimes to my short term detriment. My personal time is mine to do with what I please, even if you consider some of that time to be used in a self righteous or low effort way. It's not self righteous to point out bad things.
  - barkingcat 6y ago
    In the future, the AI will persuade who to vote for in coming elections.
  - comfyinnernet 6y ago
benlivengood 6y ago
GPT-3 says: "Well, it's not intended for that. It's more for meaningful conversations like you have with people in real life. Look, use cases are not my area of expertise, you'll have to talk to the project lead about that." GPT-3's use case is fun.

I still don't see or have read about a useful use case for GPT-3. Maybe for procedurally generated chitchat between NPC in video games or an advanced Lorem ipsum generator but that's about it.

bananaface 6y ago

Auto-formatting punctuation - or syntax. You can show it a few examples and it will insert punctuation into raw words coming in from speech recognition, or convert badly formatted Python into well-formatted Python. It can correct syntax errors in C++ (!). More generally, it can convert text from a simple, unstructured form into more complex, more structured form, with just a few example transforms. It's astonishingly good at it, but I haven't seen much on the public net about it. I don't know why people aren't exploring it more tbh.

tensility 6y ago
Now that it is a captive technology, the question becomes why should anyone want to explore it other than Microsoft.
- bananaface 6y ago
  It's not captive. It's quite replicable (and impossible to monopolise), it's just expensive.

TaupeRanger 6y ago

Yes. People were literally claiming to be able to write code using English language descriptions. This guy on Twitter generated a ton of hype with these cherry picked examples...even from people who should know better like Eliezer Yudkowsky. https://twitter.com/sharifshameem/status/1284095222939451393?s=19 https://twitter.com/sharifshameem/status/1284095222939451393...

avoidboringppl 6y ago
Also interesting to note that the hype came a while after the release of GPT-3 (the tweet was about a month after), and that many of the examples could have possibly been generated from GPT-2 (which didn't get as much hype). Put another way, you could show ppl GPT-2 examples from a year ago and claim they were from GPT-3, and I don't think many would know the difference. I do think GPT-3 has shown improvement, and it's a step forward, but it probably tells more about how humans interpret rather than how AI might work. Wrote about it more in the link below: https://avoidboringpeople.substack.com/p/doctor-gpt-3 https://avoidboringpeople.substack.com/p/doctor-gpt-3

paulyacoubian 6y ago

I’m the founder of copy.ai, a GPT-3 app that generates short form marketing copy. We have paying users already who find it helpful.

notsuoh 6y ago
Oof, such an awesome technology whose use is going for something like marketing copy. I'm sure it pays the bills for you, but is kind of gross overall.
- deleted 6y ago
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- oh_sigh 6y ago
  Yes, if only they put their efforts towards generating low effort, self-righteous posts on message boards. Marketing isn't evil, and it isn't the end of the world.
  - notsuoh 6y ago
    Of course marketing isn't evil, and I didn't say that. Marketing can be quite awesome and impressively done. However, you know AI/GPT-3-based writing and helping of marketing copy will lead to lowest common denominator scaling of marketing copy to everyone with tweaks for the specifically targeted person. My opinion is that that's as gross as ML people at Google optimizing for every ad click with slight tweaks to maximize revenue at any cost. Gross. As to your dig, my conscience is clear; I made a conscious effort to avoid such ends in my professional life, sometimes to my short term detriment. My personal time is mine to do with what I please, even if you consider some of that time to be used in a self righteous or low effort way. It's not self righteous to point out bad things.
- barkingcat 6y ago
  In the future, the AI will persuade who to vote for in coming elections.
- comfyinnernet 6y ago

benlivengood 6y ago

GPT-3 says: "Well, it's not intended for that. It's more for meaningful conversations like you have with people in real life. Look, use cases are not my area of expertise, you'll have to talk to the project lead about that." GPT-3's use case is fun.