Comment by sodafountan

17 days ago

I just asked ChatGPT. "Based on everything I've asked, how old do you think I am?" It was dead-on with its answer. It guessed 30-35. I'm 32.

That was just a spur-of-the-moment question. I've been using ChatGPT for over six months now.

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Dilettante_  17 days ago

>It was dead-on with its answer. It guessed 30-35. I'm 32.

Horoscopes must feel like literal magic to you.

  • sodafountan  16 days ago

    I'm not familiar with Horoscopes.

    • Dilettante_  16 days ago

      They're all about saying things that apply broadly enough, in a way that makes them seem specific, in order to make people go "Wow, that's dead-on!" An example:

        You’ve recently been feeling a quiet tension between wanting stability and craving some kind of change. On the surface, things look mostly under control, but there’s a sense that one small adjustment—something you’ve been postponing—could shift your mood more than you expect.

      See also: Cold Reading

      (What I'm saying is calling 30-35 "dead on" makes you look like somebody who is easily impressed by parlour tricks)

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prox  17 days ago

But did it tell on what basis it made that assumption?

  • sodafountan  17 days ago

    Yes, it listed a few of my past questions as reference points. I had asked some questions about Nintendo 64/Dreamcast and Gamecube games. It also used information I had asked it about programming languages and some work-related questions to guess my age.

    I don't know how OpenAI plans to do this going forward, just quickly read the article and figured that might be a good question to ask ChatGPT.

    Edit: I just followed that up with, "Based on everything I've asked, what gender am I?" It refused to answer, stating it wouldn't assume my gender and treats me as gender neutral.

    So I guess it's ok for an AI agent to assume your age, but not your gender... ?

    I don't really feel like diving into the ethics of OpenAI at the moment lol.

    • prox  17 days ago

      If they are shielding you giving back answers, doesn’t mean there is a lot of profiling going on behind the screens of all big tech. How close are they to behavioral monitoring?