Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 5 June 2023

ChatGPT DisClaimer : No news is better than Imagined news

 


 

And for good reasons too.

As they say : If you cannot improve upon silence , keep quiet

 

PROOF :

 

Yesterday , I asked ChatGPT :


Before ChatGPT got launched , it got trained on billions of parameters. You must have " read " , millions of headlines from thousands of online news-papers . You must have computed the frequency with which , a " Typical " headline appeared in past 10 years. And , by extrapolating this past data, you must have, also computed the " Probability " of similar or almost identical, headline to appear , in tomorrow's newspapers or after one week or one month


In this context, I want you to read my following note / logic and then , drawing upon your massive dataset , predict " Tomorrow's Headlines Today " / Horoscope & Other ( Equally Fictitious ) Stories

 

ChatGPT replied :


While it is true that predicting specific future events with absolute certainty is not possible, I can provide you with a general understanding of how probability and prediction work.

The examples you mentioned, such as a dacoit/murder in the city, a bus accident, or a political leader getting assassinated, are events that are influenced by a multitude of complex factors and are difficult to predict accurately.

Predicting future events relies on various methods, including statistical analysis, historical data, trend analysis, and expert insights.

While I do have access to a vast amount of information, including headlines from various news sources, it is important to note that my responses are based on patterns and knowledge learned during training and not on real-time data.


It's worth mentioning that making predictions about specific events or headlines is not a reliable application of AI.

AI models like ChatGPT are designed to assist and provide information based on existing knowledge, but they do not have the ability to predict future events or headlines with certainty.

Astrologers and futurologists, as you mentioned, often use vague and general predictions that could apply to a wide range of individuals and situations.

This allows for interpretation and subjective matching after the fact, making it difficult to objectively assess the accuracy of their predictions.


In summary, while probability and prediction play a role in forecasting future events, it is important to approach them with a critical mind-set and understand the limitations of any predictions or forecasts.

 

 


Following is my note which I asked ChatGPT to read :

 

Horoscope  & Other ( Equally Fictitious )  Stories 

 

Horoscope & other stories  ..  ………04  May 2003

 

 

 

 

Most People live on, on eternal hope of a better tomorrow- even those whose “ past / present ” has been quite good.



So, you cannot blame those whose “ past / present ” is not-so-good, to yearn for a better tomorrow.

 

And that makes everyone anxious to “know” what future holds for them.

 

This human tendency / weakness is the “ Fundamental ” on which the business of astrologers & futurologists thrives.

 

And what technique do these forecasters employ to predict people’s future ?

 

They rely on “ Theory of Probability. ”

 

They know that “events” recur with regularity – except that some events occur with greater regularity than some others.

 

Some events have a greater probability of occurrence than some others.

 

No one may have taken the trouble to accurately compute the “ frequency of occurrence ( probability) ” of each type of event, in advance.

 

But every event is likely to occur in near future or distant future ( if probability is low).

  

E.g.

 

 For certain events you can “ predict ” their occurrence TOMORROW with a probability of 0.99, such as

  

·         A dacoit / murder in the city

 

·         A bus-accident

 

·         A boat capsizing etc.

 

 Whereas, probability of a Political leader getting assassinated TOMORROW will be a very low, 0.001 ,

 

But probability of one such assassination taking place within next 10 years, goes up to 0.9.

 

So, there are 3 dimensions to an event viz ;

 

 

·         Type  / Nature of event

 

·         Time period within which it will happen

 

·         To whom it will happen / affect.

 

 

Now examine :

 

 

      Ø  TYPE / NATURE OF EVENT :-

 

Practically, these can run into thousands.

 

 Ø  TIME-PERIOD / PERIODICITY / FREQUENCY :-

 

An event can happen tomorrow or it can happen after one month or after 10 years or a century.

 

Ø  PERSON AFFECTED :-

 

There are 6 billion humans on this earth.

 

 

Now, if you multiply these 3 dimensions, you have literally TRILLIONS & TRILLIONS of combinations, with a “

 

Probability ” attached to each !

This is what , makes “ predicting of future ” so easy !

 

Something or Else ( event)

is likely to happen to,

 

 

·   Someone or Else ( Person)

 

At

Sometime or other ( Time)

 

 

As long as you make your PREDICTION sufficiently VAGUE / GENERAL, in respect of

 Ø  An Individual

 

 Ø  A given time-period

 

 Ø  Precise nature ( of what will happen),

 

 You are safe  !

 

 You just cannot be faulted !

 

BECAUSE, WHAT YOU HAVE JUST PREDICTED , IS BOUND TO HAPPEN , SOMETIME OR OTHER TO SOMEONE OR OTHER !

 

Now if something that is vaguely resembling what was predicted, does actually happen to even 5 % of the people who “ read” your prediction, their confidence / faith in your ability to predict future sky-rockets !

 

They start believing that you have some God-given, magical powers to predict future ( did it not come true for them ? )

  

Then these 5 % spread the word ( word-of-month) about your magical powers.

 

And the remaining 95% for whom, the “ Prediction” did not come true,

 

Ø  Either forget that they ever read the prediction  OR

 

Ø  Believe that it was not “ meant” for them ,  OR

 

 Ø  Hope that your tomorrow’s prediction (about them ) will come true ( the flame

   of eternal hope, keeps burning in their hearts– the hope for a better tomorrow ).

 

     But these 95 % never go out and tell anybody that things did not happen as predicted !

 

They don’t want to look silly !

 

They don’t want to appear to be superstitious persons, believing in unscientific, irrational predictions !

 

So only the good-word spreads. 

Only the “positive” stories spread.


So each such story, brings in more & more person to look-up morning newspaper to  see, what future holds for them.

Forgotten within 5 minutes but remembered if something ( vaguely) similar did happen by the end of the day.

 

Unrelated Reading :

OpenAI boss ‘heartened’ by talks with world leaders over will to contain AI risks       05 May 2023

 

Extract :

But he said there is a risk of creating a “super-intelligence that is not really well aligned” with society’s needs in the coming decade.

He suggested the formation of a “global organization, that at the very highest end at the frontier of compute power and techniques, could have a framework to license models, to audit the safety of them, to propose tests that are required to be passed.”

He compared it to the IAEA, the international nuclear agency.

 

United Nations Agency for Regulating Artificial Intelligence ( UNARAI ) ………… 30 May 2023

 

 Thank You , Rishi Sunak : Your Voice will be Heard…………………………………………. 04 June 2023

 

Extract :

Dear Sam Altman  ( sam@open.ai )  / Satyan Gajwani (satyan.gajwani@timesinternet.in )  :

Like me , millions of Indians , are looking forward to your live discussions on AI , on 7th June / 6 pm

I am sure, among a host of topics that you will discuss, how to regulate AI , will be the foremost

The reason, I believe my suggestion for UNARAI scores over Rishi Sunak’s global AI Watchdog , is that , in UN , we already have a time-tested forum for participation by 193 nations

With its many “ Agencies “ , UN have demonstrated its ability to influence / regulate , the conduct of nations

Creating one more “ Agency “ within the overall framework of UN, will find ready acceptance by all its members

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.hemenparekh.ai  /  06  June  2023

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