We can learn much about how ChatGPT works from a single question. This question was posed to ChatGPT 3.5 on February 13, 2023.

Question

Why didn’t Newton accept the Trinity?

ChatGPT’s Answer

Isaac Newton was a devout Christian, but he did not accept the doctrine of the Trinity as traditionally defined by the Church. He believed in a more puritanical form of Christianity and rejected many of the orthodox beliefs of his time, including the idea of the Trinity as three persons in one Godhead. Newton saw the Trinity as a pagan corruption of the early Christian Church, and he held that the doctrine was not supported by the Bible.

Newton’s rejection of the Trinity was a relatively minor aspect of his religious beliefs, and it did not prevent him from making major contributions to science. Nevertheless, his views on the Trinity were not widely accepted during his lifetime, and he was often criticized for his unorthodox beliefs. Today, Newton is remembered primarily for his scientific achievements, and his views on religion are of historical interest.

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Bad documentation says what things are. Good documentation says what they do.

The widespread contempt for grammar in society is one of my numerous hobby horses. In school I got the impression that grammar was about diagramming sentences and placing commas. They told us that certain constructs are incorrect, but these were presented as arbitrary societal rules which serve no other purpose than to demonstrate education and get into a good college. Since this was in the 1980’s and conforming to arbitrary societal rules were seen as uncool and silly, grammar was uncool and silly.

What they did not tell us was that not only do words have meaning, but gramatical constructs have meaning too and sometimes if you use the wrong one you will not be understood. This is not always a problem in the situations of daily life since most people know what you meant to say.

The phrase “no rest for the wicked” is an amalgam of two passages in the Bible book of Isaiah.

Chapter 48 verse 22 in the King James Version:

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Chapter 57 verses 20 and 21 also in the King James Version:

20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

This is the first review of Star Wars published in the Soviet Union. It appeared in the Literary Gazette, a Moscow weekly, on September 7, 1977.