Subj : Re: ChatGPT?
To   : Blue White
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 19:13:23

  Re: Re: ChatGPT?
  By: Blue White to Nightfox on Wed Feb 22 2023 04:22 pm

 Ni>> Amazon seems to have done similar things with their Echo (Alexa)
 Ni>> personal assistant, as far as restricting the kinds of things it
 Ni>> will say/do.  One example: One of the 'skills' I found for it is
 Ni>> called Simon Says - If you say "Alexa, Simon Says .....", it will
 Ni>> repeat back what you said.  Several years ago, I tried that with one
 Ni>> of the Simpsons phone call pranks they used with the bartender where
 Ni>> they got him to repeat "Hey everybody, I'm a stupid moron with an
 Ni>> ugly face and a bit butt, and my butt smells, and I like to kiss my
 Ni>> own butt."  At the time (a few years ago), the Alexa repeated that
 Ni>> back; however, I had tried that more recently, and it just cancelled
 Ni>> out after I said "Simon Says" with that phrase.

 BW> So it will still play Simon Says, just not with that phrase? IIRC, that is
 BW> from a Halloween episode where they spoof a Twilight Zone episode, with
 BW> Bart playing the part of Anthony Freeman, the boy that you have to think
 BW> happy thoughts around... or else. :)

Yes, I tried that phrase again not too long ago and Alexa wouldn't repeat it.  I remember the episode too.  :)

 BW> I can remember when the Simpsons first came out. They could be a real
 BW> lightning rod with people who did not like them, i.e. the ones that did
 BW> not like them REALLY did not like them.

I was about 9 or 10 years old when The Simpsons came out.  Maybe I didn't catch everyone's reactions, but at least with kids it seemed like a popular show.

Nightfox
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