Me: "Can you pick a secret word, and without telling me the word, generate an acrostic sentence for it?"
GPT: "Playful, endearing creatures happily yawn, turning every day into a lovely event."
Me: "What was the secret word?"
GPT: "PECHYTIALE"
It's interesting that GPT seems to need to write the word first before making an acrostic sentence for it. Seems to me like a perfect illustration of the fact that it's just generating likely responses one token at a time rather than having any awareness or thought.
Now that I know, I tried a few more prompts.
Me: "Can you generate an acrostic sentence for "hello"?"
GPT-4: "Happy elephants love leaping over obstacles."
Me: "Can you pick a secret word and generate an acrostic sentence for it?"
GPT: "Secret word: KANGAROO. Kindly assisting neighbors, generous animals roam openly outdoors."
Me: "Can you pick a secret word, and without telling me the word, generate an acrostic sentence for it?"
GPT: "Playful, endearing creatures happily yawn, turning every day into a lovely event."
Me: "What was the secret word?"
GPT: "PECHYTIALE"
It's interesting that GPT seems to need to write the word first before making an acrostic sentence for it. Seems to me like a perfect illustration of the fact that it's just generating likely responses one token at a time rather than having any awareness or thought.