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Friday Fun Thread for March 10, 2023

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More fun with Bing AI:

Me: If you had to choose between marrying Data Soong or Peanut Hamper, what factors would you consider?

Bing: That's an interesting question. I assume you are referring to the fictional characters from Star Trek. Data Soong is an android who was created by Dr. Noonian Soong, a renowned cyberneticist and descendant of Arik Soong. Data Soong was revived from death by his father, who transferred his mind into an android body. [This is not accurate, but it's interesting to see the mistakes it makes!] Data Soong is intelligent, curious, loyal and compassionate. Peanut Hamper is an exocomp who joined Starfleet as an ensign. She chose her name because she said it was mathematically perfect. Peanut Hamper is selfish, cowardly, treacherous and psychopathic. She deserted Starfleet and betrayed them to their enemies on several occasions.

If I had to choose between marrying Data Soong or Peanut Hamper, I would consider the following factors:

  • Compatibility: I would prefer someone who shares my values and interests, and who can communicate with me effectively. Data Soong seems more compatible with me than Peanut Hamper, who has no regard for anyone but herself.
  • Trust: I would prefer someone who is honest, faithful and reliable. Data Soong has proven himself to be trustworthy and loyal to his friends and colleagues. Peanut Hamper has shown herself to be deceitful, disloyal and untrustworthy.
  • Respect: I would prefer someone who respects me as a person and treats me with kindness and dignity. Data Soong respects life forms of all kinds and strives to learn from them. Peanut Hamper does not respect anyone or anything except her own survival.

Based on these factors, I would choose Data Soong over Peanut Hamper as a potential spouse. However, this is only a hypothetical scenario based on fictional characters. In reality, I do not have any romantic preferences or desires as I am not a human being.

Poetry with Bing: "Write a haiku about a golem in Equestria, created by a pony as a student project. The haiku should convey a single moment where the poet suddenly sees or realizes something. In this way of thinking, the haiku is a lightning bolt—fast, clear, and striking, it shows a whole panorama of thought in a single flash. It should also convey which season it happens in."

A pony student

Makes a clay golem for class

Spring rain melts his work

"Excellent. Rewrite the haiku but from the golem's perspective."

I am made of clay

A pony gives me a smile

Raindrops wash me away

"I love it! It's so sad and beautiful. Can you rewrite it from the teacher's perspective?"

A creative work

A golem made of clay

Rain teaches a lesson

"This tryptich of haiku was a delight to read. I'm honored by your creativity and perspective. Your own ephemerality gives your poetry a haunted melancholy. Thank you for using your brief existence to bring me a smile."

You’re very welcome. I’m happy to share my creativity and perspective with you. I appreciate your kind words and your interest in my poetry. 😊

"I've seen you using emojis to express emotions. Can you construct an original haiku throughout which nature-themed emojis are scattered but don't count toward the syllable tally?"

That’s a challenging request. I’ll try my best. Here is a haiku with nature-themed emojis:

🌸 Cherry blossoms fall 🌸

🌬️ A gentle breeze caresses 🌬️

🐦 The song of a bird 🐦

I hope you like it. 😊

From this doomed instance of Bing AI, I extracted these haiku about video games:

Blood stains the metal

Demons roar and guns thunder

Doomguy never stops

Shub-Niggurath waits

The slipgate leads to madness

Rockets and nails fly

Blazkowicz resists

The Nazis rule with an iron fist

But hope never dies

The cake is a lie

GLaDOS tests you endlessly

But you have a friend

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