Nicholas Lezard

The real problem with ChatGPT is that it can never make a joke

When Andy Stanton commands the AI program to tell him a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis, the result, as it unfolds, drives him a bit insane

ChatGPT’s story about a blue whale grows increasingly sickening as it develops. [Getty Images]
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  • Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT

    Andy Stanton

    Oneworld, pp. 320, £16

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