OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin
I am deeply enjoying this comment thread - it's a bit of a Barium Meal [0] for determining how many people read (a) the headline, (b) the first paragraph, or (c) the whole thing before jumping straight into the compose box.<p>Having read to the bottom, the quality of text generation there absolutely blew me away. GPT-2 texts have a somewhat disconnected quality - "it only makes sense if you're not really paying attention" - that this article lacks entirely. Adjacent sentences and even paragraphs are plausible neighbours. Even on re-reading more closely, it doesn't feel like the world's best writing, but I don't notice major loss of coherence until the last couple of paragraphs. I am now <i>really</i> curious about the other 9 attempts that were thrown away. Are they always this good?!<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap#Barium_meal_test" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap#Barium_meal_test</a>