Farewell to Black History Month from ChatGPT – Philip Greenspun's Weblog

The older I get, the more I appreciate Jeff Spicoli's exegesis of the Revolutionary War and the Founders' motivations for the Declaration of Independence and the RW. For those Loyal Readers who may have missed this cinematic diamond-in-the-rough: Toward the end of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), the infamous History teacher at RH, Mr. Hand, travels to Spicoli's house and bedroom to administer an in-person verbal exam, mostly so Spicoli won't be held back to spend another year in Mr. Hand's classroom "on our Time." Look at the bright side: once ChatGPT improves a little, HR departments and editors everywhere will be able to look at Scott Adams' body of work and his recent podcast statements, determine that he is a racist, and prevent him from ever being hired to draw a cartoon again. The people making the decision may not know anything whatsoever about Scott Adams, Racism, or Cartoons, but they will believe what ChatGPT says, because it is displayed on a monitor connected to a computer connected to the Internet connected to a superior form of intelligence, so it must be correct. It also saves time and money they might have otherwise spent doing their own research to reach a conclusion.