Last week I got hold of the GPT-3 language model. This software can study the patters of strings in texts and predict what the next few words are going to be. With enough data to study from (tons of wikipedia articles, blogs, sites, books, ...) this algorithm can generate patters that are useful for human context.
GPT-3 algorithm learns how to generate texts by processing 5 million dollars worth of energy and information. You can play with a this version in this website: https://play.aidungeon.io/ , where you too can get access to the GPT-3 machinery in the context of a RPG game. This particular system is programmed to guide the text to a context of a rolling play game. But, it's possible to use the interface without prior context. And with this you have what you need to apply Artificial Intelligence in your life.
I found that this system is excellent in absorbing the necessary energy usually applied in the part of speech that decides what words to use in a sentence. Your job, as the user , is to set a context that rich enough for meaningful answers and also that is equivalent to the real problem you are trying to solve. Your job is to trick the machine into saying something of value.
The way to trick the machine is by making it compose the text of a speech of a wise character of by creating a document that has all the answers that you are looking for.
For example:
You are a wizard standing in front of a mirror. You have seen everything, but still have one last question to ask.[is good to be redundant sometimes] You are a man with great knowledge and plenty of leadership experience. You have conducted armies and families, you have fought and love and the presence of the all powerful is always clear in your mind.
In front of you, a magic mirror that has the power to reach deep into your mind and find what concerns. The mirror looks into your eyes and immediately you feel the impulse to throw up as the mirror successfully brings to surface the biggest problem you ever faced. The mirror says:
[[THE REST OF THE TEXT MUST BE GENERATED BY A COMPUTER ]]
So, with this simple prompt I can "trick" the computer into spilling something of value to me. In this particular prompt the computer will generate a question and later we can contribute with the text again making the computer spill the answer for THAT question. In the example the problem is that this particular system, the dungeonAI website, is focused in making the text turn into a adventure. It tells a story of a man that has everything, but his deepest inner issue is that he is not the man he was before. He still had all his power, but still didn't feel the same. Of course there are trillion of possibilities that could give you more meaning answers from the GPT-3 machinery.
I think that the first step is to have a real problem to solve, and then just speak to the machine. I'll use the dungeon AI system in the next few posts to solve some of my personal situations and also to give couple of friends a different perspective of how to solve their problems. Now that I think about these consultations I notice that the computer just says things that are already clear, but just the comfort of having a super machinery confirming your ideas is belly warming.
See you next post.