“OpenAI Grants ChatGPT an Unforgettable Memory Upgrade!”

“OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory”

“ChatGPT, the text-generating AI model developed by OpenAI, appears to have a memory problem. If given a long enough prompt—a few paragraphs, perhaps—it’ll start contradicting itself. If you ask it to remember a color or a name early on, there’s a good chance it will forget and make an error.”

Memory issues, ever heard of those? Apparently, the hot-shot AI model, ChatGPT by OpenAI is party to them. Here’s a heads up though, don’t be dependent on it for remembering crucial things from a lengthy text. You might ask it to remember a name or color early on in a conversation, and chances are, it might simply forget. You’ll likely be introduced to a new name or shade as the chat progresses. No hard feelings, champ, but it’s far from being tagged as the AI associate with an elephant’s memory!

ChatGPT’s performance as a conversationalist is marked by its refusal to stick to the script. Engage with it for long enough and you’ll be treated to a bag of surprises. It might contradict itself, trip over its words, or just come across as a forgetful bot. Much like your eccentric neighbor or that mildly infuriating office colleague who just can’t remember where he left his stapler last.

Now, before you start picturing some slack-off AI model, note this – ChatGPT isn’t entirely without its merits. It’s essentially a language prediction tool taking a good shot at conversing like a human. But, let’s be real, who does a perfect job on their first go? Just think about your first bike ride, were you anything close to a Tour-de-France contestant? So, sit tight and give the AI a little breathing space.

According to boffins at OpenAI, improving the consistency of ChatGPT is a priority now. Now, wouldn’t that be a sight for sore eyes and tired chat logs? Let’s hope for a version of ChatGPT that doesn’t suffer the same fate as the numerous versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, constantly trying to remember what it was actually made for. Fear not, dear readers, the future of AI looks promising, despite the occasional short-term memory loss.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-memory-openai/