Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I didn't expect this to work so well. • Includes text generated by OpenAI's GPT-3 at my request: openai.com • Art by Chris Quay: chrisquay.com • Got an idea for a video? tomscott.com/contact

Filmed safely: tomscott.com/safe

OpenAI had no control or sign-off on this video, although I agreed to abide by their ethical guidelines and social media policy.

Thanks to Eddie the corgi's owner for introducing me to the folks at OpenAI: instagram.com/eddie_corg

Articles referenced:
doi.org/10.18653/v1%2F2020.findings-emnlp.301
artificialintelligence-news.com/2020/10/28/medical-chatbot-openai-gpt3-patient-kill-themselves
thenextweb.com/neural/2021/01/19/gpt-3-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-bigotry-generator-what-should-we-do-about-it

New River in Bowes Park image by Nick Cooper on Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_River_Bowes_Park.jpg
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