Thread by @NachmanyMichal

The developments of the last hours from @OpenAI - the #GPTchat - the craziest chatbot ever, are mind-blowing.

🪡 Brace yourself for what this does for #ClimatePolicy:

I asked it 'what makes good climate legislation'. It answered, in seconds, with machine generated text:

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Ok, I thought, amazing! Though a bit light touch and generic. I pressed 'try again'. Whoa sweet baby! It gave me multi-sectoral approach! affected commuties! Science based! Coordination! Transparency!
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How much can we push it for actual policy measures?! Let's inquire about incentives for renewable energy.
Ready?! I'm not sure you are:
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Ok. At this point I'm beyond words. I ask it to tell me about successful renewable policies in Asia and how much investment those facilitated.
It answers:
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I WANT IT TO COMPARE STUFF NOW. IT DOES.
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But I'm tempted to press try again for that one too. It delivers:
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Hmmm can I get it to write a law? @bryworthington has been dreaming of this:
ARE YOU SITTING? Do you have triple shot of whisky handy? It wrote a law. 🥃🥃🥃 Le'chaim.
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To summarise: the last hours, the internet has exploded with people throwing crazy questions at #GPTchat (don't even get it started on cats..). I'm beyond convinced that it is about to revolutionise the world of climate law and policy research and policymaking.
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It'll be amazing, it'll be amusing, it'll be mega-efficient, & it will come with a whole bag of horrors to consider. We'll have to test, verify, anti-bias and all the things - and it'll still be scary. The utopia-dystopia divide isn't a simplistic crossroad. We'll have both.
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Our responsibility (all of us, but users of large language models, & we at @climatepolradar in particular) is to actively play a role in making sure that this technology is used for good. We'll be thinking a lot about how we can do that & welcome thoughts & collaborations.
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11/10 A few months ago, @L_P_Jones asked #GPT3 (the older sibling of #GPchat) the big question, and I'm not sure if he was pleased with the answer, or whether he preferred early retirement and cocktails on the beach 🍹🏖️

(Lindsey's full thread here:

https://twitter.com/L_P_Jones/status/1517143242713698304?t=kGQpm1Qqik_1_VTMApKm9A&s=19

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