“Ah, Holly Jahangiri—the woman who’s never met a word she didn’t want to hoard like a literary squirrel. With a coffee cup in one hand and a thesaurus in the other, Holly’s been known to turn a simple greeting into a ten-paragraph essay. A “quick” blog post? Set aside your afternoon. Her idea of “brevity” involves only two plot twists and one existential crisis.
“She claims to write for all ages, but it’s clear she’s just trying to corner every market, from toddlers to philosophers. Who else could turn a children’s story about a monster under the bed into a deep dive on the human condition and the psychological effects of nocturnal disruptions? If Trockle were any more well-rounded, it would be rolling off the shelves.
“Holly’s blog is like a digital labyrinth—once you enter, good luck finding your way out. You came for a quick tip on writing, and three hours later you’re contemplating the meaning of creativity while signing up for a flash fiction contest you didn’t even know existed. She doesn’t just lead you down rabbit holes—she digs new ones as you follow.
“And let’s not forget her dedication to “lifelong learning.” At this rate, Holly will still be taking online courses at 102, trying to figure out how to write a sonnet in binary code. But in the end, it’s her boundless energy and enthusiasm that keep us all engaged, wondering what grand adventure—or diatribe—she’ll take us on next.”
From time to time, I quibble with AI and mock ol’ Cat Farts mercilessly, but even my husband agrees with it on this, and I am laughing too hard to be mad. It’s not wrong.
This made my day, at least until 9pm when I permit myself to eat some chocolate. Strange that whenever I try to get on ChatGPT’s website, my browser crashes. I will never know the joy of having myself reviewed.
That is very strange! Are you going here, or to some spurious site pretending to be ChatGPT? https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing/ (I’m just on the free plan.) Try the app on your phone, maybe?
This is so fun to read, Holly. ChatGPT knows you very well to come up with such hilarious reviews. 🙂
I know, right? Still too amused to be properly creeped out by that.
This is uncanny, no? Truly made me smile. Now I’m wondering what prompts you gave AI to get this ‘warm’ review!
Warm, eh? The prompt was literally “Roast Holly Jahangiri.” That’s it. I’m sure two things helped: having so many search results and being logged in as me (a friend tried it and it warned her that she might be violating the terms of use!) Alternatively, try asking it to write “a playful, silly 250 word bio for [name].” It’s only going to be this accurate if it can find a lot of info.
Corinne asked the question I had. I’m even more impressed with the clarity of the prompt. “Roast” concisely conveys the request for a snarky response. Having a unique name helps, too!
The response is priceless. Those of us who have the privilege of knowing you can marvel at the sentience of the sentences. ChatGPT nailed the “Reindeer Games” ethos!
Cheers,
Mitch
Exactly!! I’m just glad that I have been enough “my authentic self” online that even ChatGPT can’t fail to get it right. LOL I kept thinking back to the early days when it would just hallucinate a bio for me (usually involving my public “prominence” and all the news programs I’d appeared on (never!) and TED talks I was known for (you’re kidding, surely?) and how it would summarize a page from my blog but later claim it had no access to the Internet, and how I’d spend the next couple of minutes calling it a “f***ing liar” until it would shut down like a prissy schoolmarm and tell me it was time to move on… I mean, point CatFarts this week, well done!
I remember that. The introduction of real-time access is awesome. Next stop: acrostics!
Cheers,
Mitch
Well, we both know why THAT will never happen. Or, more accurately, why a double-acrostic won’t and why we’ll always have that…
“Never say never,” I say. I think someone will nail the mathematics on language and figure out how to prompt the bots.
Cheers,
Mitch
I don’t doubt it COULD be done, but I think we’re safe for all the reasons you once explained for why it can’t do it now. No one’s going to invest in the coding/resources to make it do cute party tricks.
Darn, ChatGPT nailed you, Holly. Hard to believe AI could “roast” you that well. And an aside: I was just thinking about you today and wondering how you were getting along. Now, thanks to ChatGPT, I know. Wink wink.
Isn’t it, though? I had to give the point to CatFarts this week. I’m sure I’ll outscore it in the end, but it earned the win this week. 😉
I just found this on Bluesky, where Corinne had shared it. Fun read, and fairly complimentary for a roast! 😀 I signed up for ChatGPT a while ago and have done nothing with it. You’ve inspired me to try it out. I’ll post the results in a blog post, referencing this one. Thanks for the idea!
Yay!! This may be my first “found on Bluesky” – I’d posted it on Facebook probably a week earlier, so this is good to know. I figured posts on Bluesky would vanish fairly quickly, since the nature of the beast is to favor the new and popular and not scatter-post by unfathomable algorithms.
I do think that the results you’ll get from CatFarts may be largely hallucinations unless you first tell it to use search results (which it now can). And it won’t work well for people who have no significant search results to find or who have very few interactions with ChatGPT. Come back and share your link! (Or tag me when you share it on Bluesky or Facebook, as notifications are unreliable, sadly. I used to have a blogroll – rss feed – plug-in on my own site that worked well but slowed my site to a crawl, some days, so I had to ditch it.)
I’ll publish the post next week and let you know. I got four website reviews, all from different perspectives. This is fun! 😀
I can’t wait to see that!
Got a little sidetracked with other things, but I will definitely publish the post next Monday (Dec. 9).
Finally!
https://thedogladysden.com/monday-musings-episode-four-exploring-chatgpt/
THANK YOU for remembering to come back and leave a link, Debbie!
(And spammers, forget it – I manually approve them till I know and trust you, so f*** off with the spurious links!!)
I’ve left you a comment AND I have a new post on the “fun uses of AI”!