Text-writing AI generates April Fool's pranks to play on yourself

With April 1 almost here, a computer researcher wanted to see if an AI could generate some knee-slapping April Fools' Day pranks. Social distancing is still in effect so Janelle Shane tasked the popular language modeling software GPT-3 to come up with gags people could play on themselves. One version of the neural net suggested sawing your mattress in half or standing in line for a movie for 30 minutes and then just walking away. Another suggested '[creating] a secret language that only you and your cat can understand.' 'Take a bunch of jellybeans,' it offered as an alternative, 'put them in a Ziplock bag and tie the bag around your neck.'