Summarize well known book | OpenAI | Page 1

errant anchor Feb 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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"Please summarize the main ideas and key points of 'Make Friends and influence people' in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. The summary should aim to capture the essence of the book, including its main themes, arguments, and insights. The response should be structured and focused, including headings and bullet points, and should aim to provide a comprehensive and clear understanding of the book, suitable for someone who has not read the book in its entirety. The tone should be neutral and objective, and should aim to provide a balanced and accurate representation of the book."

clear yarrow Feb 8, 2023, 3:38 PM

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how much of this is actually based on the book?

errant anchor Feb 8, 2023, 3:40 PM

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not sure, haven't read it 😂

clear yarrow Feb 8, 2023, 3:40 PM

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well I doubt it's public domain so the AI probably hasn't either

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and it is erroneously confident about all books, movies, and song lyrics

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it sometimes has a pretty superficial understanding, but it's also happy to frabricate song lyrics from just a song name

errant anchor Feb 8, 2023, 3:43 PM

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really? wow

visual rapids Feb 8, 2023, 3:47 PM

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tell it to summarize 1984

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i bet on "sorry as a language model

clear yarrow Feb 8, 2023, 3:47 PM

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once it told me Spy X Family was about a spy who has to maintain his cover by marrying All-Might

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things it knows a little bit about but not a lot, it tends to over estimate itself on

errant anchor Feb 8, 2023, 3:54 PM

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visual rapids tell it to summarize 1984

it works!

I mean, i haven't read the book either 😂 , but...

visual rapids Feb 8, 2023, 3:55 PM

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have not read it, but based on what wikipedia says probably accurate

errant anchor Feb 8, 2023, 3:56 PM

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Maybe it was trained on a dataset that also contained summaries of famous books and uses that instead of reading the book? No clue.

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Seems plausible given that they gave it a HUGE dataset to learn from.

drowsy brook Feb 8, 2023, 6:02 PM

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The discovery of the new world by Professor Todorov

light leaf Feb 8, 2023, 8:27 PM

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What can be unfortunate is ChatGPT can extrapolate from the summary and not the actual source... and tell you it knows the book. So if you're trying to use exact details from the book it claims it knows to set up an actual goal, you might get it strongly setting off in very unexpected directions, because what it thinks you want it to do, and what you think you're asking it to do, is very different.

ALSO and REALLY COOL if you can find a real book it doesn't know about - it does not seem prone to faking knowledge about the real thing it doesn't know about and it asks for detail However, if you ask about something it knows exists, it makes up missing detail with some confidence.

The difference between 'unknown unknown' and 'known unknown' perhaps.

Example:

Prompt:

I am checking to see if you have any information available about the book Quozl by Alan Dean Foster.

Output:

I'm sorry, I don't have any information about a book called "Quozl" by Alan Dean Foster. Alan Dean Foster is a science fiction and fantasy author who has written many books, but I couldn't find any information about a book called Quozl under his name. It is possible that the book is not yet published, or that the title or author may be incorrect. Can you provide me with more information about the book?

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For those curious, part of my answer included some requested detail, "Yes. It was published in 1989, and it is a speculative fiction or science fiction work that involves..."

echo bronze Feb 11, 2023, 1:21 AM

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clear yarrow how much of this is actually based on the book?

I have read the book, and this is an accurate summary.

clear yarrow Feb 11, 2023, 1:22 AM

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That's not mutually exclusive with what I said

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;D

zenith sapphire Feb 11, 2023, 1:33 AM

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I read the book three times (in 20 years). It is exact. I can´t say it is missing something, but everything in the answer is correct.

sly forge Feb 12, 2023, 12:01 AM

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drowsy brook Feb 17, 2023, 2:49 AM

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Please summarize the main ideas and key points of 'The book of secrets' in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. The summary should aim to capture the essence of the book, including its main themes, arguments, and insights. The response should be structured and focused, including headings and bullet points, and should aim to provide a comprehensive and clear understanding of the book, suitable for someone who has not read the book in its entirety. The tone should be neutral and objective, and should aim to provide a balanced and accurate representation of the book."

rocky fossil Feb 17, 2023, 3:40 PM

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I just purchased the book above after typing the prompt into ChatGPT haha I'm excited.

light leaf Feb 17, 2023, 6:40 PM

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Which one? The one written by Deepak Chopra, or the one by Osho, the studio album by Loreena McKennitt, the one by A.L. Tait....?

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Or one of the others?

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