[seqfan] Re: Sequence from ChatGPT

[John Mason]

Italy has banned  ChatGPT
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65139406

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 5:33 PM William Keith <william.keith at gmail.com>
wrote:

> No, it is not an author.  You got an idea for a perfectly good
> sequence by watching a Markov chain generate random words (to which
> you had to add mathematical precision anyway).
>
> The fact that GPT blithely appends utter nonsense as both numerical
> example and textual explanation should be warning enough that in its
> current state it is an utterly inappropriate tool for mathematical
> investigation, and I would do nothing to encourage its use.
>
> As the very *first* example of the use of a language model as part of
> the process of generating a sequence for the OEIS there is perhaps
> some minor historical interest, which could go in the comments.  I
> would in fact add the editorial comment that sequences generated with
> the aid of such models are likely to be looked upon unfavorably as
> contributions without further evidence of independent mathematical
> interest in the sequence.
>
> William
>
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