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Chloe Taylor

‘Black Mirror’ creator says he tried to get ChatGPT to write an episode—but it was ‘sh*t’

Charlie Brooker attends the 2019 Netflix Primetime Emmy Awards After Party at Milk Studios on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)

Since OpenAI’s generative A.I. chatbot ChatGPT became a cultural phenomenon in recent months, users experimenting with the technology have asked it to do everything from explain complex topics to write poems about pickles.

The tech’s success rate is questionable, however, with some users being left flummoxed or even a little disturbed by the chatbot’s responses to their questions.

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