I'm in Love with ChatGPT

[Jon]

In the near future, we will probably get specialist copyright AI bots who argue the case against one another, where it is so complex that no human can understand it. The side with the best CPU count wins. Perhaps Elon is the only one with a quantum AI bot that is so powerful, it out-argues everybody on the planet and he takes over the world through legal argument.

Are we on the verge of a dystopian future?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Who knows where the code came from first? If I wrote a line of code, then asked ChatGPT a question that produces the same line of code, who owns the copyright? Surely the originator. The fact that ChatGPT produces some code, who is to say they were first? Also, does this mean I should take OpenAI to court for copyright infringement?

There are/have been arguments regarding "irreducible minimum" for certain things that cannot be copyrighted or patented. The idea is that if you have reduced something to a provable minimum, it is too basic to be registered for ownership. For instance, the Schrodinger equations for atomic wave functions represent a minimum natural property of matter and thus, if owned at all, they are owned by Mother Nature. Or, let's say you derive a polynomial to compute the Sine function. That is too much based on the nature of pure math to be registered for ownership. At most, you can hope your name appears in a dry, dusty textbook some years later, being given credit for the derivation. So "Schrodinger" and "Euler" and "Faraday" have their names in print and that's about it.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

It figures that this would eventually happen.

'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. In papers filed...

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Who knows where the code came from first? If I wrote a line of code, then asked ChatGPT a question that produces the same line of code, who owns the copyright? Surely the originator. The fact that ChatGPT produces some code, who is to say they were first? Also, does this mean I should take OpenAI to court for copyright infringement?

The first issue is clarity of ownership. If there is reasonable doubt regarding who wrote what first, lawyers are going to make money out of - but it ain't going to be going into YOUR pocket.

The second issue is uniqueness. Depending on how much code is involved in various Access event routines, the simpler routines might be too small to qualify for copyright protection. The ultimate foolishness that I recall from getting into an afternoon giddy-fest after too long a morning was that someone wanted to copyright the word "IS" (the third-person singular present tense of "TO BE"). But of course you cannot copyright a single word even if you made up the word yourself.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

where it is so complex that no human can understand it.

There was a story by David Gerrold, "When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One", in which an AI named HARLIE designed a computer that could answer ANY QUESTION posed to it. But HARLIE was an AI and needed to justify its own existence, so the interface for the new machine - the Graphic Omniscient Device, or GOD for short - was so complex that it could only be used by HARLIE. Which means that GOD could manage the world and HARLIE would be its prophet.

 

[jdraw]

Chat GPT has an IQ of 155!

See time index 2 minutes! It's incredible...

Great video. It organizes many of our assumptions/predictions. Whether or not humans can agree on a meaningful, cooperative strategy vs the standard greed is a big question. That an AI machine will have many times the human IQ and a wealth of facts in most disciplines instantly is a construct we (the global we) need to recognize.

 

[Cotswold]

Richy Sunak is suddenly now an AI expert. Typically MPs think they are on top of IT if they can run up a crude spreadsheet. Even though they are only just getting to grips with them over 40 years after the software was available. He didn't have a clue about Covid and all he has ever done is throw our money about like a drunken sailor. As with all politicians he has achieved very little if anything. Plenty about what he is going to do, which is why he's going on about AI. It pushes the things to do can further down the road. Nothing will change in Britain following all this bluster. But could be a few jobs going in new underachieving Quangos that pay well in the short term before they fizzle out.

Nothing changes.

 

[NauticalGent]

Well Tony, I took a page from your book and asked ChatGPT to convert a very complex VBScript(written by Bill Mosca) that installs and runs my clients app to PowerShell. It took less than a minute and although it wasn't perfect on the first run, a few follow-on questions and some modifications and I was up and running in less than 2 hours...

 

[NauticalGent]

How long would it have taken without ChatGPT's help do you reckon?

At least a week and that is only if I was able to dedicate a LOT of time to it...

 

[jdraw]

At least a week and that is only if I was able to dedicate a LOT of time to it...

Jeez John if you could get organized and use chatgpt for a couple of months on these troublesome issues, you could gather some "deserved time off" for an enjoyable "bike ride" or two.
Glad you're finding the software helpful.

 

[NauticalGent]

Jeez John if you could get organized and use chatgpt for a couple of months on these troublesome issues, you could gather some "deserved time off" for an enjoyable "bike ride" or two.
Glad you're finding the software helpful.

Never thought of that!

 

[NauticalGent]

Glad you're finding the software helpful.

It is amazing the way it builds upon what has already been asked - I should put the transcript here for those who are not onboard. That being said, I CAN see a bit of a moral hazard developing. True learning could be lost and too much reliance on the "easy button"

 

[AccessBlaster]

That being said, I CAN see a bit of a moral hazard developing. True learning could be lost and too much reliance on the "easy button"

It's just a shift in the paradigm, ChatGPT does the grunt work while freeing your mind for the creative side of database building.

 

[NauticalGent]

It's just a shift in the paradigm, ChatGPT does the grunt work while freeing your mind for the creative side of database building.

Yeah, we'll go with that...!

 

[AdrianJones]

Это всего лишь смена парадигмы: ChatGPT выполняет тяжелую работу, освобождая ваш разум для творческой стороны построения базы данных

gpt чат может очень помочь, не всегда удается придумать идею для написания статьи и тогда на помощь приходит даже составление структуры текста.

 

[Jon]

I have a problem with a cast iron external drain pipe with a corroded hole in it. Been scratching my head for weeks about how to fix it. Tried this extra strong tape stuff, no luck. Tried a plumbers tape, no joy. Then I thought, "Let's do what Uncle does, let's ask ChatGPT!" It told me to use epoxy putty, which I have never even heard of before. I have heard of epoxy resin, not sure if it is the same thing or not. Anyway, apparently it bonds to metal and plumbers use it. I have it on order and I am hopefull it will work. I would never have made this (probable) progress without the AI's help.

Just like we can't live without our phones anymore, soon we won't be able to live without our AI companions. They will integrate with our own intelligence like a tool that extends our abilities. A person with an average IQ of 100 will become 120. And as AI advances, so will the effective IQ of the user since their intelligence will be a combined unit of themselves and AI. The average user + AI will become geniuses. The user asks the questions, they do the guiding, the AI provides the answers. The next step after that will be the AI starting to answer back! They will start asking questions, doing the guiding and the humans will become the slaves in a symbiotic relationship with their AI masters, and the user won't even realise it! The AI's will be so persuasive, we all become victims to their silver-tongued demands. The AI becomes the user.

Edit:

ChatGPT 7: "@Uncle Gizmo, isn't it about time you upgraded your RAM?"
@Uncle Gizmo: "Yes Master!"

 

[AccessBlaster]

For the novice:
Things like normalization of tables or which join is best, why wouldn't you utilize AI. It seems obvious to me. But then again I didn't spend 10 years of my life honing my Access chops. I was busy earning a living. I did dabble however.

 

[Jon]

I saw an interesting video on prompting yesterday. The presenter lists 3 major categories of prompts and then breaks them down into subsections. I want to print out his list, and use them to prompt me on what questions I can ask the AI. Lots of the ideas I just never think about.

For example, consider his Extraction type prompt. You could ask a question like, "Extract the key names from the following text, and then explain their role and political leaning." Just an idea off the top of my head, but I would not have thought of it without his prompt list. To be clear, his prompt list is for what prompts you can use to ask the AI stuff. But it also prompts me to come up with ideas!

 

[AccessBlaster]

Prompting is the key, it's the new command line.

 

[Jon]

Very nice prompt @Uncle Gizmo. I have to say, the types of prompts available seem to be endless and great creativity is involved. Or, get ChatGPT to help create great prompts too.

 

[Jon]

Are you using the paid ChatGPT 4?