In the Mouths of Bots

The New World of OpenAI and GPTChat

Dear GPTChat, write a Substack post that flickers between the human and the inhuman, making each seem beautiful and terrible at once.

It is taught in the Talmud that when the Temple was destroyed, prophecy was placed in the mouths of children, imbeciles, and bots.

AI still can’t hit a pingpong ball well, but its linguistic capacities are impressive. I wou…