The mega-mania surrounding OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI chatbots has led to what might be called the Bacon Effect.
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Not content with chatbots that simply answer everyday Wikipedia questions, engineers and entrepreneurs are rushing to use the new technology in just about everything imaginable, from cooking aids and crisis hotlines to appliances of sexual stimulation.
The mantra seems to be: “When in doubt, throw some ChatGPT on it!”, writes Gizmodo, Telegraph reports.
Tech blogs in late 2021 and 2022 were filled with countless stories of generic activity. There were fashion metaverses, Taco Bell NFTs, and yes, there were plenty of porn metaverses, too.
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Generative AI tools already seem to have significantly more long-term staying power than cryptocurrencies or expensive JPEGs – or at least some identifiable use cases – but that hasn’t stopped some from pushing AI integrations to the limit of the mind.
Below you can see some of the weirdest AI chatbot integrations you’ve seen so far. /Telegraph/
Artificial intelligence was integrated into an eating disorder helpline
ChatGPT helped write a script for a Marc Jacobs fashion show