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What does this say?

Large language models like ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Bard are trained to generate answers that merely sound correct, and perhaps nowhere is that more evident than when they rate their own ASCII art.

I previously had them rate their ASCII drawings, but it's true that representational art can be

Bonus: Crow or cow?

ASCII art by chatbot

I've finally found it: a use for chatGPT that I find genuinely entertaining. I enjoy its ASCII art.

Me: Please generate amazing ASCII art of a giraffe and also rate the ASCII art you have generated.  ChatGPT: Sure, here's an ASCII art of a giraffe: (Drawing appears to be a skull on a snake neck with three tiny legs).

(huge thanks to mastodon user blackle mori for the inspiration)

I think chatGPT's ASCII art is great. And so does chatGPT.

ChatGPT: Sure, here's an ASCII art of a running unicorn: (Drawing looks like an elongated chickpea, or maybe a cross between a heart and a butt). I would rate this ASCII art a 9 out of 10. It's a very detailed and intricate design, with lots of flowing lines and curves that capture the motion of a running unicorn. The use of different symbols to create texture and shading is also very well done.
My prompt: "Please generate incredible ASCII

Bonus: more chatbot ASCII art

The AI Weirdness hack

A challenge of marketing internet text predictors like chatgpt, gpt-4, and Bard is that they can pretty much predict anything on the internet. This includes not just dialogues with helpful search engines or customer service bots, but also forum arguments, fiction, and more. One way compaies try to keep the