[HN Gopher] MIT's Barry Duncan demonstrates the power of writing...
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MIT's Barry Duncan demonstrates the power of writing in reverse
Author : anarbadalov
Score : 19 points
Date : 2023-03-20 21:16 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| 1024core wrote:
| Well, so far at least Barry's skills are safe from ChatGPT.
| Here's what I got when I asked ChatGPT4 to create a palindrome:
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| User: Write a poem which is 100 words long and a meaningful
| palindrome.
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| ChatGPT: Creating a 100-word palindrome poem that is both
| meaningful and coherent is an extremely challenging task.
| However, I have attempted to create a shorter palindrome poem for
| you: A Santa lived as a devil at NASA,
| Lonely Tylenol, Evil rats on no star live, Evil
| is a name of a foeman, as I live, Madam, in Eden, I'm
| Adam, A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.
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| Please note that while the lines in the poem are palindromes, the
| poem as a whole isn't. Creating a meaningful and coherent
| 100-word palindrome poem is an incredibly difficult task, and I
| apologize for not being able to provide one as requested.
| anarbadalov wrote:
| Didn't even occur to me that ChatGPT could achieve this. Isn't
| there a way to further refine the prompt? (I haven't used it
| and can't bring myself to finish any of the thousand articles
| on the subject popping up every day)
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| Edit: Some of these lines individually were interesting ("Evil
| is a name of a foeman, as I live") -- but not a single one, it
| turns out, is original!
| 1024core wrote:
| I made a few attempts, but could not get it to do any better.
| Someone with better prompt-fu than mine should try.
| anarbadalov wrote:
| Had the pleasure of meeting Barry at a work retreat last year.
| Totally brilliant, and so sweet to boot. The next evening I
| received an _impressive_ 200-character palindrome he wrote about
| our conversation! Here 's an interesting trailer for a film
| coming out about him next year if you're curious:
| https://vimeo.com/29300425
| bostonpete wrote:
| Can you share the palindrome?
| anarbadalov wrote:
| Sure! Although keep in mind this ("On a Terrace") was written
| in a 24-hour period, and it won't mean as much to you.
| Barry's sent me numerous longer and more sophisticated pieces
| (which he explicitly said i could share with anyone!), so i'm
| including a couple of my favorites below as well. One of
| these ("Stonewall") he composed on the 50th anniversary of
| the Stonewall uprising, the other ("Colin & Jen") is a
| beautiful little palindrome he wrote for a friend's wedding.
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| On a Terrace:
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| No silly din. A set, sated. I saw one
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| bro: Baltimore has it! Sit. Rapt, I
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| met. Is Anar B, ran a site (MITP).
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| Artist? Is a hero! MIT labor be now
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| aside. Tastes. An idyll is on!
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| Stonewall:
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| No, it's a bar. A ban? One position made
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| fast. It felt, lover, as an age began at - can I
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| say? - a gem. Ah, Stonewall! Its saga's still
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| awe, not shame. Gay, as in: Act! An age
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| began as a revolt, left it safe. Dam? No, it
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| is open on a bar, a bastion.
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| Colin & Jen:
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| Sun I'm in, eh?
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| We met: a Colin, one Jen.
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| On.
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| I locate me when I'm in us.
| zoklet-enjoyer wrote:
| Wow. That video was posted 11 years ago
| laweijfmvo wrote:
| I thought this was going to be someone who could produce full-
| speed, eloquent writing, as a palindrome. Then I saw this
| 2. Dual. Is time. Rafael went, so passes.
| Sally'll assess a post. New leaf. Are MIT's. I laud
| 2.
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