{"id":34310,"date":"2023-04-16T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/?p=34310"},"modified":"2023-04-16T10:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:24:37","slug":"chatgpt-is-pretty-horrible-at-ascii-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2023\/04\/16\/chatgpt-is-pretty-horrible-at-ascii-art.html","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT is Pretty Horrible at ASCII Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t know why but I expected better of ChatGPT than this.<br \/>\nI guess large language models don&#8217;t play games with text. They just eat it.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n<H2>MAP OF FLORIDA<\/H2>\r\n              __\r\n        \/'--.\\\/ \\\r\n       \/ \/    \\\r\n      \/ \/      \\__\r\n     \/ \/        ,_\\\r\n     | |         )\r\n     | |        \/_\\\r\n     | |         |\r\n     | |         |\r\n     | |         |\r\n     \\ |         |\r\n      \\ \\        |\r\n       \\_\\       |\r\n          `------' \r\n\r\nI grew up in Florida. \r\nIts panhandle + peninsula shape is quite distinctive.\r\nThis, on the other hand...\r\n\r\n<HR>\t\t  \r\n\r\n<H2>A WOMAN'S FACE<\/H2>\r\n\r\n             ,;;;;;,\r\n           ,;;;'\"\"`;;\\\r\n          ,;;;\/  .'`',;\\\r\n         ,;;;;;\/    ;;;;\\\r\n        ,;;;;;\/      ';;,\\\r\n       ,;;;;\/\/        \\;;;\\\r\n       ;;;;;\/___,      \\;;\/\r\n       ';;''----`\\ \\    |;;\r\n                    )\/,..\/\r\n                    \\\\\\.\/\/  \r\n\r\nThis could passibly be said to represent a woman's hair. \r\nBut where is the face? \r\nDoes ChatGPT have prosopagnosia?\r\n\r\n<HR>\t\t  \r\n\r\n<H2>BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/H2>\r\n      \/|\\            \r\n     \/ | \\           \r\n    \/  |  \\          \r\n       |             \r\n      \/ \\            \r\n     \/   \\           \r\n    \/     \\          \r\n                    \r\n     \/|\\             \r\n    \/ | \\            \r\n   \/  |  \\           \r\n      |              \r\n      |              \r\n      |              \r\n     \/ \\             \r\n    \/   \\            \r\n   \/     \\          \r\n\r\n\r\nWho knew Billie Holiday could be so minimally represented? \r\nBut why twice? 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