I’ve always been impressed by Benjamin Gates’ ability to come up with random facts about anything history-related (ideally just on time to get them out of a crumbling temple or to make some gate to the treasure open), well, apparently it looks like ChatGPT can do that now too. In Benjamin Breen’s words: The leading AI models are now good historians … in specific domains.
what isthat “heart or medallion” on the figure’s chest, anyway? I suspect it’s actually a physician holding (in his right hand) a portable medical chest, and in his left, a urine flask. But what strikes me here is not that the model guessed wrong — it’s that it even noticed such a small detail, and drew attention to it. I mention this one small detail because, to be honest, I had failed to notice it myself*.***