Growing up alongside the Internet, I have seen technology evolve before my very eyes. The latest and most fascinating of which is Artificial Intelligence.
The advent of widely available AI tools will have a tremendous impact on how content is made, and it’s just getting started. One day I got curious, can Open AI’s text bot, ChatGPT write a blog post in my voice? The following is the result of this experiment:
Prompt: Write a blog post in the style of afterthisrow.ca about knitting a sweater designed by ChatGPT
Knitting a sweater can be a fun and rewarding experience, especially when you have a great pattern to follow. Recently, I had the opportunity to try out a new sweater design created by the amazing ChatGPT.
If you’re not familiar with ChatGPT, it’s a large language model trained by OpenAI that can generate text in a variety of styles and formats. I was excited to see what kind of sweater design it would come up with, and I was not disappointed.
The sweater was a beautiful, chunky-knit design with intricate cable patterns and a cozy shawl collar. It was the perfect project for a cold winter day, and I couldn’t wait to get started.
The pattern was easy to follow, with clear instructions and helpful diagrams. I had all the materials I needed on hand, so I was able to start knitting right away. I was a bit nervous at first, since this was my first time knitting a sweater, but the pattern was so well-written that I was able to relax and enjoy the process.
As I worked on the sweater, I found myself really enjoying the cable patterns. They were a bit challenging at first, but once I got the hang of them, I was able to work quickly and confidently. The end result was a beautiful, cozy sweater that I am proud to wear.
I’m so grateful to ChatGPT for designing such a wonderful pattern. It was a fun and rewarding experience, and I can’t wait to try out more of ChatGPT’s designs in the future. If you’re a knitter, I highly recommend giving this sweater a try – you won’t be disappointed!
Human Centaine is back again. First of all, it’s downright spooky how well ChatGPT emulated my writing style; secondly, it’s hilarious how self-aggrandizing it is, calling itself “great,” “amazing,” and “wonderful,” but using my voice as its mouthpiece to do so.
And yet, when I then prompted ChatGPT to write a knitting pattern for a chunky sweater with cables and a shawl collar, it didn’t even account for sleeves. If there’s one thing I have gleaned from AIs, it’s the fact that arms and hands are a bit tricky to comprehend, whether it be in text form or AI-generated images. Everything just looks all blobby.
Like arms, knitwear imagery seems to be a challenge, too. The image above is what Dall-E, Open AI’s image creation tool, spat out when I fed it the phrase “chunky knit sweater with cables and a shawl collar,” and this was the most recognizable of the bunch. Just look at some of the rejects:
The inherent nature of AI is to constantly learn. Now, only a few weeks after my earlier attempt with the prompt, it puts out an entire pattern with detailed instructions — arms and all.
I’m sure this is only the beginning of AI-generated content. I’ve even seen teachers online cautioning take-home essays, implying that students could very well use tools like ChatGPT to write an at least mostly-coherent essay for them. There has also been serious discourse about the implications of AI art pilfering from humans in creative industries.
I used to joke that I “welcome our robot overlords,” but now I’m not so sure.
It is not robots themselves that would concern me but the fact that a human is inputting information which; as you stated, Centaine, is personal. Nope, this is too much too fast.
It is kinda freaky because if you had not told me, I would have assumed it was you. Neat experiment and no to AI overlords..lol
We should all boycott AI, and Bitcoin as well.