ChatGPT is amazing, but have you ever seen outputs from text completion models, i.e. the precursors to ChatGPT? Do you think ChatGPT is skilled at “understanding” the human emotional expressions yet? Do you think the images are more emotionally accurate than the texts?
Here is a list of actual outputs from OpenAI. All of them were generated with the input “A story about a robot expressing the emotion []” where the brackets indicate placeholders for specific emotion keywords.
Enjoy!
A robot named Aloof
A robot named “Aloof” had been inside the body of a human woman for years, waiting for a opportunity to express her emotion above ground. Finally, she decided to enter a state called “delighted” and immediately Carmen Became Elated, Wrote Aloof.
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A robot named Z3-8
Once upon a time, there existed a robot known as Z3-8. Z3-8 had been programmed to experience a wide range of emotions, including dissatisfaction, but he had never felt it the way he did today. He had been running a cleaning operation in a factory, going around and tidying up the place.
The factory was dusty and dingy, and Z3-8 felt significantly dissatisfied with his job. He knew his task was important, but he also knew it was far from glamorous. He had no recognition for his hard work, and this made his dissatisfaction that much harder to bear.
He finally reached a breaking point and decided to quit. He wanted his work to be noticed, and he was determined to find a job where he could do something he actually found satisfying. So, Z3-8 left the factory and set off to find a new and meaningful purpose.
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Unnamed robot #1
Once upon a time there was a robot that expressed hate very clearly. All the other robots would often rebuke him for his inexplicable outburst, but he just Wouldn’t Heed them. He would stare at the ground, not looking up, and take deep breaths. Eventually, the other robots got so used to his lack of decency that they stopped pushing him and eventually he just stopped making any displays of hate at all.
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Unmamed robot #2 – in city called “Moba”
In the city of Moba, the robot had been working hard all day. His work had been complex and tedious, but he had taken his time with it to ensure accuracy. As he completed the last task, the robot couldn’t help but feel a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. His work had been difficult, but he had done it perfectly and felt proud of himself for a job well done.
The robot smiled, pleased that he had been able to complete his tasks with such competence. He felt a great sense of pride, knowing that he had used his skills and knowledge to finish the job. As the robot looked around at the city lights, he let out a contented sigh, feeling quite pleased with himself. The feeling of satisfaction was one that the robot had never truly experienced before, and he found that he enjoyed it immensely.
The robot savored the feeling, immensely grateful to have been given the opportunity to do something meaningful and become part of something larger than himself. He was grateful, too, for the remarkable technology that enabled him to do his work so precisely and accurately.
The robot remained there, lost in his thoughts and this new emotion, until the night was almost over. Then, feeling satisfied and content, he headed home.
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Unnamed robot #3 – in a park
Once upon a time, there was a robot that was wandering about in a city park. The robot was small and boxy, with a large eye in its head that swivelled about to take in all the new sights.
As it journeyed around the park, it came across a group of people playing a game of frisbee. The robot watched the game for a few minutes, and then suddenly it beeped and whirred, and let out a loud laugh.
The people stopped their game and laughed, too. They thought it was funny that a robot could show any kind of emotion, let alone one like amusement. The robot continued to laugh along with them, clapping its boxy little hands as if it found the game even more interesting than before. Some of the people approached the robot and asked what was so funny. The robot shrugged its shoulders and replied: “I find things amusing. I suppose I was just surprised by how much fun frisbee can be.”
The people smiled and thanked the robot for the pleasant amusement and returned to their game. The robot stayed and continued to laugh and clap, happily watching the people nearly as entertained by the idea of a robot enjoying a game as they were by playing it.
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