Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

devi83 t1_jdemq3s wrote

Reply to comment by whatistheformat in Did Isaac Asimov predict GPT-4? by theglandcanyon

Not just sci-fi. ENIAC came in 1945.There were attempts beforehand too... in the 1800's there was the "Difference Engine" and the "Analytical Engine", both conceived by Charles Babbage.

5

Jasrek t1_jdgftd5 wrote

Reminds me of the scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Programmer: Gentlemen, I know how anxious you've all been during these last few days. But now I think I can safely say that your time and money have been well-spent. We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the machine age. Based on the revolutionary Computonian Law of Probability, this machine will tell us the precise location of the three remaining Golden Tickets.

[He pushes buttons on the machine, which prints out a response]

Programmer: It says, "I won't tell. That would be cheating."

[He pushes more buttons on the machine again]

Programmer: I am now telling the computer that if it will tell me the correct answer, I will gladly share with it the grand prize.

[the machine prints out another response]

Programmer: He says: "What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?" [getting increasingly agitated, he begins mashing the buttons] I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what he can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate.

3