Aunty (@AuntyRed@aus.social)

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Interesting case of chatGPT bullshitting me in a new way:

Spotted an unusual bird on the balcony which I didn't know the name of so I snapped a photo.

Out of curiosity I sent the photo to ChatGPT and asked if it could identify the bird.

It said the name of some bird and remarked on how it is a common sight in Osaka.

Very strange, I am in Canberra.

That's when I realize that I have my VPN set to Japan.

So, clearly, chat-jippitty was using my IP location to try and narrow down its guesses.

(the guess was wrong, it was absolutely not a Japanese bird, still haven't figured it out the actual answer yet)

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System works as intented.

Google picks up around 50 signals.
That's old info.

OpenAi probably knows the colour of your belly button fluff and whether it's an inny or an outy.

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@n_dimension yeah, it's not unexpected that a tool breaks when you give it incorrect information.

Interesting and kind of annoying that the AI will try to sneakily use that information without telling you that it is drawing from the info

I would say it would be more honest for ChatGPT to cite your location info the same way it cites websites when you use its search tool.

(but I suppose honesty is asking too much for scam Altman lol)

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@n_dimension there is also a lot you can infer from someone's belly button lint