There’s this dating show called The Bachelorette, and they’ve revealed their new guys for the 2021 season! And I get it, in the promo graphics they have very little space to get into the nuances of a personality, but it has been pointed out that their fun facts are rather basic.
The neural net GPT-3 has seen a lot of dating profiles during its internet training. But has it seen this specific variety of astonishingly pedestrian dating profile?
I collected the fun facts from the contestants above and gave them to the largest GPT-3 variant, DaVinci, and it was almost too good at adding to the list:
Likes to revisit the classics Believes in leaving false modesty at the door Keeps his nails and hair trimmed Dreams of buying a small island Believes that being successful comes down to hard work and practice Wants a house and mother for his future family Loves pumpkin lattes Love, love loves champagne Believes in destiny Is a self described daredevil Loves his blue sleeping mask Collects souvenir spoons Always wears a scarf in the wintertime Always picks mint gum or spearmint flavored gum Will not touch fish or spicy food Refers to himself as super romantic
GPT-3’s aim is to copy humans, so it’s no wonder that it’s good at being cliche.
Although DaVinci did come up with a few fun facts that might give the Bachelorette some pause:
(AI-generated image from StyleGan2 via thispersondoesnotexist.com)
Had his housekey modded Claims to have ridden in a dolphin van Being good with his hands (He plasters, flicks house lights on and off…) Says “You’re welcome” when leaving a room
The best fun facts, however, were generated by the smallest GPT-3 variant. Now, Ada did manage to follow my prompt’s lead and generate some pretty basic traits.
Doesn’t want any of his exes in the picture Loves to clean up after himself Does not wear a vest Loves fun dancing Loves ballet and furniture Is a type of schoolyard bully Loves to whistle Loves good TV Has had to spend time in an airplane Has no issues with using markers
Has a healthy butt Loves new button-down collared shirts Has yearly birthdays Has the largest prune ever Loves words like “mildew” and “hangover”
But some were perhaps more intriguing than existing Bachelorette contestant facts.
Believes in Superman’s love Has a past of working with a fire ant Was advertised as having French accented skills & a blue bunny Loves walking upside down on one side of a room Loves the peace and harmony of the foxwoods
‘the most dangerous’ tattoo in the world Collects hambones Spit at computers like a pro Not a member of the Rockettes Nor does he stay up all night eating marshmallows and starches
Then there’s the more… exuberant
Loves to calisthenic Typically spends after-work flexing around Studio City Claims to be “the greatest stripper” He’s a star in sheets “The king of paper airplanes” Dances to hit, just can’t get out of his mind till he finally screams it out in a loud blast
Or the just plain enigmatic.
Tastes fine pottery Can keep his hands on a tiger or don’t let one eat his brain Wants to be the father of an elephant Has a color pest on his teeth If someone gives a music note to him the note gets the first three cups of coffee
I collected a few more Fun Facts from Ada, which you can read as bonus material if you become an AI Weirdness supporter. Or you can become a free subscriber to get new AI Weirdness posts in your inbox!
[Video transcript: A tiktok by the Cincinatti Zoo, about a small anteater. It’s filmed inside, and the camera is focused on the anteater as she waddles around on her back legs, taking a treat from someone offscreen and checking out the room.
The person holding the camera says: “– (southern) tamandua. And that’s just the fancy common name for a, um, lesser anteater. ‘Lesser’ meaning ‘smaller in size’, even though she is great to all of us here at the zoo.” (The anteater flicks her tongue at the camera and then turns away when she figures it’s not a snack. Someone laughs.)
The narrator keeps going: “She’s one of our personal favourites. She has a lot of personality, and, um, she’s a wonderful ambassador animal. And what that means is…” The video stops.
girls who are thoroughly convinced that they are evil & irredeemable & the absolute worst person to grace the earth for reasons they have no way to explain to others. me too let’s kiss
