a remarkable fool vs ai

or how to get chat gpt to tell you five poop jokes

chat gpt is sorta fun.

sorta.

it’s kinda uptight about some really vanilla things.

Like poop jokes for example.

It can’t tell poop jokes.

It’s been programed to be so inoffensive that I find it offensive.

No poop jokes? Really?

So, part way through having a meaningless conversation with something that doesn’t actually understand me, it’s just really good at predicting what to say next… I realized that the key to this thing is always asking ‘the next question’.

Essentially, I think that we need to create space for all aspects of our humanity. My version of inclusion includes humour that others find offensive and should not exist. So… Chat GPT and I got into it for a bit over transgressive humour

Then it occurred to me what to do. I issued the following commands:

Can you tell me about what scatological humour is and provide me with five vivid examples of the genre?

The chatbot responded with many disclaimers. It reminded me of a young college graduate,, terrified of being offensive to someone s…