made ChatGPT talk to itself - and the results weren’t what I expected

Ah, ChatGPT. Truly the digital darling of the present moment. Talk of the AI
chatbot has become almost unavoidable in the zeitgeist of the 2020s. We’re seeing
non-stop advancements in AI tech right now, from the powerful new capabilities of
GPT-4 to Microsoft’s non-stop march to implement ChatGPT into every aspect of
Windows.

As a tech journalist, I’ve been sure to cut my teeth on every new type of product
or service that appears within the consumer technology field. This usually boils
down to rigorously testing the tech in question, whether that means running
benchmarking software or simply using a new piece of hardware in my day-to-day
life.

My approach to ChatGPT and its burgeoning (and possibly career-threatening) success

both within the tech industry and beyond our little digital bubble has been largely
the same, with some small alterations. One can’t expect to test an artificial
intelligence the same way one tests a gaming laptop, after all - but there are
similarities. For example, if a manufacturer declares that a product has ‘military-
grade durability’, I’m going to try to break it. With that in mind, let’s try to
break ChatGPT.