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#Bonnetmaker

Chatting with #ChatGPT about whether #LewisCarroll could have used the word “#boots” as a #portmanteau for the two words “#bonnets” and “#hoods”: https://snrk.de/chatting-with-chatgpt-about-boots/.

#TheHuntingOfTheSnark #Bonnetmaker #MakerOfBonnetsAndHoods

How does #openAI deal with the Snark?

※ "Eight members" is wrong. Two important members are missing: The #Baker and the #Butcher.
※ "Boots" might be a portmanteau for "Bonnets and Hoods". Lines 9 and 10 of #TheHuntingOfTheSnark are #ambiguous. There are nine or ten members.
(See also https://snrk.de/page_boots-bonnetmaker/.)

#ArtificialIntelligence, #Banker, #Barrister, #Beaver, #Bellman, #BilliardMarker, #Boots =?= #MakerOfBonnetsAndHoods (#BonnetMaker), #Broker

(From https://beta.openai.com/docs/quickstart/start-with-an-instruction)

Q: In"The Hunting of the Snark", how many members does the hunting party consist of?
A: The hunting party consists of eight members: a Bellman, a Boots, a Bonnet-maker, a Broker, a Banker, a Barrister, a Billiard-marker, and a Beaver.
(Comment: That's wrong. The most important members are missing: The Baker and the Butcher.)

Q: Is the "Boots" the "maker of Bonnets and Hoods"?
A: No, Boots is not the maker of Bonnets and Hoods.
(Comment: Sure? "Boots" might be a portmanteau for "Bonnets and Hoods".)

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