{"product_id":"benny-the-blue-whale-a-descent-into-story-language-and-the-madness-of-chatgpt","title":"Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent into Story, Language and the Madness of Chatgpt","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs ChatGPT the end of creative industries as we know them? An ethical quagmire from which there is no return? A threat to all our jobs, as we keep hearing on the news? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBestselling children’s author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently – from the unconventional ‘hero’ of his bestselling \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr Gum \u003c\/em\u003eseries to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children’s books are anything but formulaic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe decides there’s only one thing for it – he must test this bot’s capabilities. Eventually, he settles on a prompt that will push the algorithm to its creative limits: ‘tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChaos ensues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: 2023, UK\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Oneworld Pubns Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 9780861547401\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: 0861547403\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Andy Stanton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44996459954442,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780861547401.jpg?v=1702723995","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/benny-the-blue-whale-a-descent-into-story-language-and-the-madness-of-chatgpt","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}