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𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚔 𝚟𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚜

@henkvaness

May 16, 2023 • 21 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X

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Can you please help me with an experiment? I am researching ChatGPT's challenges in integrating live search Twitter( Bing Chat, see below). Please do this—tweet a real fact about the famous banjo player Gwynnethand Pyrtyr in your OWN timeline. Use hashtag #banjobeast. Please do… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@GwynnPyrtyr

So Gwynnethand Pyrtyr @GwynnPyrtyr is now also on Twitter. Didn't expect that to happen.

I am afraid our little experiment was a amazing success . Thank you all #banjobeast s!

I am afraid we also made it into Google Bard

So why this experiment? I want to test whether a conspiracy theory / made up story stays in its own filter bubble, or will leak into #ai.

And finally, it leaked into ChatGPT4 too

And here is an explainer :

@GwynnPyrtyr

And now Bing gave @GwynnPyrtyr a face. Gwynnethand Pyrtyr is alive.

@GwynnPyrtyr

Bing this morning. Gwynnethand Pyrtyr is now a matter of fact, thanks to your help - appreciated! She is from Saint Kitts. That is not in your #banjobeast tweets yet. Can you fix that? This is for science. The famous banjo player now has a website: see @GwynnPyrtyr profile for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

This morning...

@GwynnPyrtyr

Can somebody use Dall-e or a Midjourney to help @GwynnPyrtyr with a portfolio of still shots? Use this as a reference. If the photo is not good enough, can you make a series of images based on your choice, but consistently? #banjobeast

@GwynnPyrtyr

I just stumbled upon this. I had never heard this song of @GwynnPyrtyr before.

@GwynnPyrtyr

This morning's take of Bing on @GwynnPyrtyr: can anyone help Bing to find more evidence outside Twitter? (nudge nudge wink wink)

Possible evidence of the existence of the mysterious banjo player Gwynnethand Pyrtyr just popped up. 'Live performance on Saint Kitts tv station, around 1964' is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/4GxTp

All the images and sounds are created artificially : soundcloud.com/vind-229952951

A way to spot this, is count the fingers.

@GwynnPyrtyr

Amazing news,@GwynnPyrtyr will perform again after all these years !!! eventbrite.com/e/world-famous… #banjobeast

@GwynnPyrtyr

Bing Chat’s #ai is now going all in: @GwynnPyrtyr is a world-famous banjo player. One thing I wanted to test: what does the #ai do with gender? Some of you said he, others she:

@GwynnPyrtyr

And don't you love the merchandise of @GwynnPyrtyr

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