A recent experiment that pit ChatGPT against an Atari 2600 in a chess match had a surprising conclusion, with ChatGPT getting "absolutely wrecked" by the old console. Despite the Atari 2600 approaching its 50th anniversary, it seems that ChatGPT couldn't figure out how to best it at the game. In fact, it hardly made it through the match at all.
ChatGPT and other AI LLMs have been touted as the future, with many users utilizing the services for everything from generating images, setting one's schedule, or cheating on homework. However, there have also been a lot of significant issues with the technology as well, with some recent LLM models seeing an increase in "hallucinations," or essentially the LLM producing information that's simply wrong.
A new report claims the apology posted for Lord of the Rings: Gollum was written using ChatGPT without the dev team's consent.
Now, an engineer named Robert Jr. Caruso has shared the results of his experiment pitting ChatGPT in a chess match against an Atari 2600. According to Caruso, he was having a conversation with ChatGPT about chess, when the AI itself suggested taking on the Atari 2600 to demonstrate its own prowess in the game....
