OpenAI’s Operator: Deploying ChatGPT as Your Amusing Internet Assistant!

“OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You”

“Like Pandora opening her notorious box, OpenAI has let its language model GPT-3 loose on the world in the form of a commercial chatbot. Its developers claim it’s nonthreatening, but its antics on social networks have raised eyebrows and concerns whether the new technology may push us just a bit more into the uncanny valley.”

Let’s be honest, we’ve seen this before, haven’t we? Another AI throwing its virtual weight around on social media, promising it won’t turn into a Shakespearean villain while also perfecting its “innocent AI” act. OpenAI has, as per usual, opted for the grandiose gesture and allowed its sophisticated model GPT-3 to hit the commercial chatbot scene. It’s like allowing a child to have cake for dinner – novel, but you can bet there’ll be consequences.

Promising a nonthreatening persona, GPT-3 has allegedly been programmed to avoid political topics and to not spew venom, figuratively. Well, that seems comforting, right? But let’s play safe and keep a packet of skepticism handy. Its cordial foray into the internet’s social networking sites has already produced mixed reactions. You know how it is, the uncanny valley is just a stone’s throw away, always ready to catch off-guard wanderers.

This borderline sentient chatbot has some rather obvious skills and, like any typical overachiever, it never misses a chance to show them off. It can create a Python program in response to a request or offer history lessons, while also keeping its poetry game strong. No big deal, just your regular jack-of-all-trades AI-powered chatbot keeping the bar unrealistically high for the rest of us.

There’s also a certain unnerving charm to GPT-3’s unpredictability. Toss a query its way, and you’re left holding your breath in anticipation. Will it respond like a well-behaved librarian, or manifest the sassy spirit of a stand-up comic? It’s an experience akin to choosing a mystery box; surreal, mysterious, and kind of fun, until it’s not.

Whether or not GPT-3 manages to stay on the non-threatening path or edges towards an uncanny reality, it’s making waves. OpenAI’s rather audacious move of letting the model loose like an overexcited puppy in the park has definitely stirred up a cocktail of excitement, skepticism, and unease. Brace yourselves, let’s see where this unpredictable chatbot takes us next.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sets-chatgpt-loose-on-the-web/