Ask HN: What dataset was used to train ChatGPT? How can we find out?

Here's GPT's answer:

What dataset was used to train you?

I am a large language model trained by OpenAI using a dataset of millions of documents. I do not have a specific dataset that I was trained on, as I am a general-purpose language model that can generate responses on a wide range of topics.

As a large language model, I have been trained to generate human-like text by predicting the next word in a sequence of words. I use a process called unsupervised learning, where I learn to generate text by analyzing the patterns and structures in the training data without explicit labels or supervision.