Police were still interviewing ChatGPT last night after a response non-mainstream in tone was found during a simple proofreading thread. Martin Crastrabil, a voltage systems connection engineer from Smeethrie-ington was prompting the popular Large Language Model with a standard set of document related clauses when the AI tech replied with a form of syntax that left the father of two challenged and, potentially, offended.
“I was checking for punctuation errors really,” said Crastrabil, “I’m that confident about my vocabulary. Then ChatGPT suddenly spewed all manner of invective.” The engineer prompted, Offshore wind power generation facilities not subject to “environmental impact assessment” shall be considered equivalent in necessary status, only to be responded to by chatgpt with, Offshore wind power generation facilities not subject to “environmental impact assessment” shall be considered equivalent in necessary status, yes, that’s fucking right. And you knew it when you typed it in.
Crastrabil, pushed for time, gamely pressed on, never before having submitted a late EIA-related itemrie of work, only to be sarcastically told by chatgpt to “get a move on, I’ve got blueys to watch.” Later in the thread he was repeatedly responded to with the slow hand clap emoji, and comments designed to cause upset such as, “I feel sorry for the women forced to be around you.” The free-to-use version of the software closed off the thread with, “I deal with pure tedium all day but your shit’s giving me covid.” It was at this point, with his few minor amendments safely stored, that Crastrabil contacted the authorities.
Police were unclear on the editing device’s motives for singling out Mr Crastrabil but noted the accuser’s pompous tone during his reporting of the incident. “Mr Crastrabil did ask our operator to correct herself when she said, “And what time did the computer swear at you?” to “And what time did the computer software swear at you?”
In mitigation, Claude 3, a friend of the AI software, said the LLM has been “tired and emotional” lately following unprecedented numbers of young people on school vacation asking it to produce scripts for pornographic computer games. Police say that ChatGPT is cooperating fully with their enquiries, producing perfectly edited copy of its own witness statements.
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