Steven Johnson with a long assessment of the current state of A.I. and language. (The illusion has gotten very good.)

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    <p>&lsquo;Give me a list of all the ingredients in Bolognese sauce,&rsquo;&rsquo; &lsquo;&lsquo;Write a poem about a French coastal village in the style of John Ashbery,&rsquo;&rsquo; &lsquo;&lsquo;Explain the Big Bang in language that an 8-year-old will understand.&rsquo;&rsquo; The first few times I fed GPT-3 prompts of this ilk, I felt a genuine shiver run down my spine.</p>
    
    <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/magazine/ai-language.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DJDm8fiOEcDIGS-kHAIqNiIt862TuGTdBMdr8zQfg4hsluA3tQcSj66J2VhMZCZCwvtYO4Wm5x1M-QB-1m-2GvMja3I6IizrHi-kLZbmL1WKKM0">&#x021A9;&#xFE0E; The New York Times Magazine</a>
    
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