Re: Oh d-ai-ry d-ai-ry me

Richard Heathfield:

I asked: "Write a program that is valid C90 but invalid
C99."
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ChatGPT said:
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Certainly! To illustrate this, I'll write a C program that
is valid in C90 but invalid in C99.

This AI cannot speak English and answer questions as they
are asked:

  1.  You did not ask it /whether/ it were possible to write
      such a program, so its answer "Certainly" either makes
      no sense, or means agreement to fullfil your request.

  2.  If it means agreement, the following sentence makes no
      sense, for what is it going to illustrate (if not the
      possiblity of such a program)?

  3.  And then it cocludes with a blatant tautology,
      promising to "illustrate" the wrting of a C90-but-not-
      C99 program, by writing a C90-but-not-C99 program.

Its diction is like that of schoolchild taught to start an
answers by repeating the question, but not understanding how
to do it.

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