Can ChatGPT Write An Episode Of The Sporkful? «

Dan Pashman: So Bettina, Sporkful producer Andres O’Hara put a prompt into ChatGPT. Can you write an episode of The Sporkful? 

Bettina Makalintal: [LAUGHS] Amazing.

Dan Pashman: So this is about to get meta. I haven’t read this yet. Okay? Andres wanted to surprise me. ChatGPT says, “Sure. Here’s an episode of the Sporkful.” If this is good, I’m going on vacation. All right? [LAUGHS] I’m outta here. 

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Dan Pashman: This is The Sporkful, it’s not for foodies, it’s for eaters, I’m Dan Pashman. Each week on our show we obsess about food to learn more about people. So, can ChatGPT use artificial intelligence to write a passable episode of The Sporkful? Will it some day replace not only food podcasters but also food writers and even chefs? And even if that’s a ways away what does the stuff ChatGPT is generating right now tell us about our own food culture today? We’re gonna get to all that, but first, let me take a minute to explain what ChatGPT is. 

Dan Pashman: Actually, you know what? Hang on. I have ChatGPT open on my computer, let’s see if it can tell us what it is. 

[TYPING] 

Dan Pashman: How does ChatGPT work?

Automated Speaker: ChatGPT is a large language model that uses a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture. It is based on a deep neural network that has been trained … 

Dan Pashman: All right, I got to cut in here. I’m already lost. I guess you still need a human to explain ChatGPT, so I’ll give it a shot.

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Dan Pashman: ChatGPT is a chatbot. You know, if you’ve ever gone to a company’s customer service webpage and clicked on “Chat With Us” and at first you can kind of tell that you’re chatting with a robot? That’s a chatbot. 

Dan Pashman: Now, typing a request into ChatGPT is not like Googling something. All right, Google gives you a list of websites that hopefully have the info you’re looking for. ChatGPT, on the other hand, has taken in tons of information from the internet and other…