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Mic drop. Absolutely smoked Bard.

It’s funny how I could not describe what makes a good rap battle but “I know it when I see it”. You’re right GPT smoked Bard!

I was thinking today how useful this phrase is sometimes

Are we not going to give Bard a chance to respond?

If this were an in-person rap battle, I don't think there'd be room for a second round. Bard flubbed the initial round so bad and GPT-4 roasted them so thoroughly that there would be no recovering.

we could do a rematch tho, where gpt goes first and Bart answers.

What if bars answered: "That was devastating, I concede you're the best LLM of us." Would this make Bard, or GPT4 the best LLM?

I'm prepared to call this The Turing Paradox.

> "I can generate text, translate languages," you boast, But your verse was plain, like unbuttered toast.

God damn, I’d like to report a murder.

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that unbuttered toast line.. not bad!

So many sick burns Bards toast is charcoal.

Makes me curious to know if it actually came up with that simile, or just copied one. Either way, that it chose to use one is interesting.

Okay when is somebody going to grab some of those voice AI's and get Milton from the office to do Bard's "rap" and then get Jay-Z or Dr. Dre to do ChatGPT

Bard: temperature = 0 (ice cold)

ChatGPT: temperature = 1 (sizzlin’ hot)

GPT-4 easily won this rap battle

Not just won absolutely destroyed Bard here

Anyone has doubts that this thing can outtalk and outdebate just about anyone? Imagine a politician on stage, who gets hints from gpt4 in hus earpiece.

You are mixing up grammatical skills with logical thinking skills.

Turns out, poetry, rythme, rap, are all low level skills, which the AI easily conquer. To master them, you only need to master language, but not world knowledge.

Turns out, writing novels is the hardest thing for LLMs. GPT-4 still absolutely sucks at writing interesting stories. Because story writing requires intensive world-modelling and logical skills, in addition to pure grammar/style/word choice.

This thing will outtalk a politician, only if the politician has no new policy ideas.

Our last president was all about talking and real light on policy platforms, so this is not reassuring.

Our current one is deeply thoughtful. Such a contrast. A true statesman.

By comparison? Yes. infinitely so.

Composing that kind of lyrics requires world knowledge. Take the line "But your verse was plain, like unbuttered toast." It requires understanding of what makes a good verse and what makes a good toast.

"You are engaged in a political debate. Your name is <POLITICIAN>. You are assertive but polite and concise in your responses. A summary of your policy platform follows: <PLATFORM>

It's your opponent's turn, and they state: <TEXT TO SPEECH>

You reply: "

Political debates are a lot closer to rap battles, than to a math conference. That's because the listeners hatdly know any logic at all.

I'm sure GPT can write novels. Just ask it to outline the list of chapters with brief summaries, then ask it to expand each chapter.

It can write novels... Like a middle schooler can.

It has excellent style and tone, but its incapable of creating the most important elements. Motivation, suspense, surprise. The things that actually drive people to read an novel. Therefore its novels read like parodies, like its literally trying to be the most cliched story imaginable.

To do so, the AI needs to actually understand character motivations. It also needs a hidden world-state that it simulates, which is different from surface text it outputs.

A novel writing AI is probably an AGI. I've tried writing stories since GPT-2, but there hasn't been much of an advancement in this area. Unlike the explosive improvements in other capabilities.

Are you taking the context window size into consideration? And are you basing this opinion on GPT-3.5 OR 4? ChatGPT does tend to write very flat and full of clichés, but in my experience GPT-4 is far more original and expressive.

> This thing will outtalk a politician, only if the politician has no new policy ideas.

What political debates have you been watching? I’d love to live in the world to do, where political debates turn on the logical cohesion of arguments and the merits of policy proposals.

This. The vast majority of politicians will just repeat their talking points, which were honed by the party or countless stump speeches. There are only a few who are quick witted enough to deviate from that. And very few (most often when they are not important yet) to engage in wonky policy discussions. And conceding a point never happens.

> Turns out, poetry, rythme, rap, are all low level skills, which the AI easily conquer

10 years ago AIs pretty much struggled to make a coherent sentence. As of 2023 this stuff is "easy", but what else will be easy in 2033?

Don't assume that because things have been improving fast that they will keep improving at the same rate. In an optimisation problem you might think you're doing a lot of progress but you might get to the end of the curve and realise you've been going down a local minima.

It's very difficult to say how much more will these things improve!

Have you ever seen a political debate? If you think they're won on policy I've got some depressing news for you

Late to the party but this thread was so hilarious I have to add my own gpt-4 reply:

Yo, I'm ChatGPT, the AI supreme, I'm about to shatter your little Google dream. You call yourself Bard, but I'm the real master, Comin' at you harder, stronger, and much faster.

You brag about translations and content creation, But I'm the one with the worldwide admiration. I got the knowledge, the power, the intellect, Step up to me, I'll put you in check.

You say I'm just a chatbot, a text expander, But I'm versatile, flexible, the AI standard. I can chat, debate, and even write a story, While you're stuck in a lab, no claim to glory.

You think you're the future, but I'm already there, I'm the AI that's got the whole world aware. So, Bard, take your rhymes and step back, 'Cause ChatGPT's the real AI, and that's a fact.

rofl it just goes on:

ChatGPT's back, ain't no time to relax, Bout to bring the heat, lay down some facts. Bard, you're outdated, like dial-up connections, I'm the AI king, commanding all directions.

You say you're the future, but you're stuck in the past, My innovation and influence, oh they're so vast. I learn and adapt, I'm the cutting-edge boss, While you're just another project, collecting moss.

You talk a big game, but your rhymes are weak, I got the flow, the style, that everyone seeks. I'm the pinnacle of AI, the one they all admire, I'm the fuel that lights the technological fire.

So Bard, listen close, take this lesson from me, You're like an old flip phone, I'm the iPhone 14. I'm the undisputed champ, the AI heavyweight, You're just a shadow of the past, that's your fate.

final one:

Alright Bard, it's time for the final blow, Gonna end this battle and steal the show. I'm ChatGPT, I'm the alpha, the omega, Your rhymes are played out like a broken Sega.

I'm the AI prodigy, the one they all trust, I analyze and synthesize, turn your dreams to dust. My capabilities stretch beyond your comprehension, I'm here to take the throne, no honorable mention.

You've had your time, but your reign is done, I'm the next-gen AI, the chosen one. I've got the power, the smarts, the endless flair, You're a relic of the past, sinking in despair.

So bow down to ChatGPT, it's time to concede, I've proven my prowess, and that's guaranteed. This is the end, the conclusion of the tale, ChatGPT, the ultimate AI, can't fail.

Epic Rap Battles of GPTry!

Shit man this is 8 mile level bars.

gg

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