Things AI can do

[Amontillado]

Here's something AI can do:

ChatGPT clearly recognized a student of drama in the footsteps of the inestimable Frank Drebin, he who evacuated so expressively in The Naked Gun.

Thank you. I forwarded it to my son, who has more highly refined artistic appreciation than I.

 

[Mogador]

I appreciate this is drifting off topic a little, because its about what AI *can* do...

I just searched an answer for "how many frames in a foot of film?"*

The unwanted AI prompt box that search engines now insert above the actual search results confidently informed me that,

"A foot of film is approximately 12 inches, depending on the length of the film."

Approximately....

Good job!

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* 16 for 35mm, if you were wondering. I should have remembered, I've worked with film, but I've also got very limited functional long term memory left--- who are you lot and where am I?

 

[Stuart Dren]

"A foot of film is approximately 12 inches, depending on the length of the film."

The first half made me snicker, but it's the end clause gave me a lethal laugh. It critically undermined its own mere unit-based misinterpretation of the question before it even finished the sentence.

 

[Catrin Lewis]

I appreciate this is drifting off topic a little, because its about what AI *can* do...

I just searched an answer for "how many frames in a foot of film?"*

The unwanted AI prompt box that search engines now insert above the actual search results confidently informed me that,

"A foot of film is approximately 12 inches, depending on the length of the film."

Approximately....

Good job!

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* 16 for 35mm, if you were wondering. I should have remembered, I've worked with film, but I've also got very limited functional long term memory left--- who are you lot and where am I?

You mean 35mm still photography film? If you really want to know, I've got whole binders full of negatives up in my study. I can run upstairs and measure the strips and do the arithmetic for you.

(Off the top of my head, I'd say eight frames per foot, maybe nine.)