19 Jan
2023
19 Jan
'23
2:12 a.m.
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:46:33 -0800
From: Jay Logue via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
//On 1/16/2023 6:05 PM, Chris via cctalk wrote:
> They write songs, create works of art. They can do
a lot of stuff. The
> question in my mind is can these AI appliances make guesses and are they any
> good at it.
> Anyway how hard would it be for an AI to rewrite a
standard MS-DOS to suit a
> particular machine? Have they reached the level of sophistication whereby
> they can analyze code and rewrite sections?
I don't know about guessing, but ChatGPT can
deadpan bullshit with the
best of them...
Prompt: /Describe the purpose of the DC LO signal in
the DIGITAL PDP-11
Unibus/
[ snip ]
/It's worth noting that the PDP-11 was a 36-bit
word machine and the DC
LO and DC HI signals were used to transfer 18-bits of data at a time. It
has also a feature of memory mapping, where it can access memory through
a virtual address space, allowing more than one peripheral device to be
connected to the same address on the Unibus./
I'm assuming that the leading slashes are a QUOTE indicator.
If ChatGPT has concluded that the PDP-11 was a 36 bit system, then it's even
stupider than the mainstream press has made it sound.
Rich