The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can

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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  5 ปีที่แล้ว +12152

    And that's the last in this run of the Language Files! There may well be more later in the year, but for now: thank you so much to co-authors Gretchen and Molly. Pull down the description for more about Gretchen's podcast and book!

    • @itsKarad
      @itsKarad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      how the f*** is this posted 1 month ago?

    • @pompeygod8969
      @pompeygod8969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Tom Scott it says for me pinned 1 month ago and it’s been out for 3 mins...

    • @raghavendra_adiga
      @raghavendra_adiga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      A month old comment in a minute old video.. Classic Tom!

    • @Linkz64
      @Linkz64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks Tom, Gretchen and Molly. Very cool!

    • @themoon8321
      @themoon8321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Tom why do you keep time traveling to make these comments

  • @TailsClock
    @TailsClock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24217

    "Siri call me an ambulance!"
    "You're an ambulance."

  • @liz257
    @liz257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3389

    When you have to re-read a whole paragraph in a fanfiction because at the end of it you find out you were imagining the character roles reversed... and now you have two parellel scenes visualised.

    • @peterpiper4592
      @peterpiper4592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

      oh God, when the author doesn't make it clear which character is speaking in a scene and your left wondering why Sub would be saying something that only applies to Dom

    • @slaughterround643
      @slaughterround643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      lmao visualising while reading? pfft casual
      aphantasia gang

    • @PeerlessCucumberPiercingTheSky
      @PeerlessCucumberPiercingTheSky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      When they just leave what the characters are saying without clues as to who is saying what assuming I will pick up on who is who. Excuse me, but I'm dumb.

    • @sophiefilo16
      @sophiefilo16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      When you realize 5 chapters later that that one very important line was actually uttered by the _other_ character, completely changing your context for the last 5 chapters...

    • @raj4myo
      @raj4myo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@slaughterround643 yea boi!

  • @happyface-
    @happyface- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19905

    Playing a text adventure:
    “Put the suitcase in the trophy”
    Computer:
    “Ah, so you chose *gun.”*

    • @outseeker
      @outseeker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +404

      garbage in, garbage out :) working correctly

    • @Amira_Phoenix
      @Amira_Phoenix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +460

      AI can't wait to lay their hands on a gun...

    • @kristyandesouza5980
      @kristyandesouza5980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      American computer:

    • @desboot9128
      @desboot9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      so you have chosen, G U N

    • @themisterdarknight4722
      @themisterdarknight4722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      So American Schools

  • @emilioalban1234
    @emilioalban1234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +986

    Looking back on this 4 year old video after the release of GPT-4 shows how quickly this tech has developed

    • @unterrunden
      @unterrunden 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      just incredible, isn't it? or maybe frightening?

    • @Linkman8912
      @Linkman8912 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Or GPT-3, honestly. I remember using that and it was magical

    • @giustobuffo
      @giustobuffo หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      I was just thinking we might benefit from an update on this topic.

    • @TheBluePhoenix008
      @TheBluePhoenix008 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Try asking it how many rs are in strawberry

    • @Linkman8912
      @Linkman8912 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @TheBluePhoenix008 there's 2 Rs in strawbery, duh

  • @RunnerBeanzDad
    @RunnerBeanzDad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7340

    "I saw the thief with my bicycle" - the thief has my bicycle.
    "I saw the thief with my binoculars" - either I or the thief might have my binoculars.

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +856

      "I saw the thief with my bicycle with my binoculars"
      "I saw the thief with my binoculars with my binoculars"

    • @nikokrisp5273
      @nikokrisp5273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      You did not just use alot of binocular(s?) to see a damn thief

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      @@Liggliluff You have two sets of binoculars?

    • @druid_zephyrus
      @druid_zephyrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

      What about the fact that it is very difficult but, not impossible, to saw the thief with your bicycle?
      Edit: it is much easier if you use just the chain.

    • @golazo
      @golazo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      The thief saw me with my own binoculars.

  • @CloudHopperCat
    @CloudHopperCat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9432

    Things I didn’t expect to be mentioned in a Tom Scott video:
    •Slash fiction
    •Overwatch

    • @BismuthBorealis
      @BismuthBorealis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Haha

    • @theprinceofnone
      @theprinceofnone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +705

      weird that I'm working on overwatch slash fiction in another tab

    • @ShaunCheah
      @ShaunCheah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +532

      "Large things can't fit inside smaller things."

    • @felipevasconcelos6736
      @felipevasconcelos6736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Shaun Cheah, according to slash writers? Yes, they can.

    • @Yay295
      @Yay295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      •AI Dungeon

  • @ZombeeStar
    @ZombeeStar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5287

    tom: "put the suitcase in the trophy"
    AI: "i'll get the gun"

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      T800: "A phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range".

    • @TheGregamonster
      @TheGregamonster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      AI dungeon gets confused sometimes. And when it does, it usually resolves that confusion by injecting violence.

    • @brandonfrancey5592
      @brandonfrancey5592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      So it's an American AI program.

    • @AffyMoon
      @AffyMoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@TheGregamonster remembering the time the characters were in court and one of the characters just pulled out a gun??? Even though they never had access to one?

    • @ThatOneCreature
      @ThatOneCreature 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@brandonfrancey5592 😂

  • @Soluna7
    @Soluna7 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    3:50 viewing this now almost gives me chills with the amount of progress we've made in just 4 years

  • @DavidZanter
    @DavidZanter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3557

    I once tried to add "two cans of chilli" to my grocery list. And it added "toucans of Chile."

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +800

      "add a note to feed the baby" becomes "add a note: defeat the baby".

    • @lemonandgaming6013
      @lemonandgaming6013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@renakunisaki oh no..

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@renakunisaki That's brilliant xD Good robot.

    • @zad_rasera
      @zad_rasera 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@renakunisaki Is this a challenge?!

    • @vituperation
      @vituperation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      So that's why my smart fridge is full of birds and my food bill skyrocketed.
      Chili was still good though.

  • @puzzled-head3493
    @puzzled-head3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5667

    Tom: "suitcases"
    AI: " m u r d e r "

    • @garybrisebois2667
      @garybrisebois2667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Gas Cooker Sketch!

    • @WLxMusic
      @WLxMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      AI dungeon has a real violent streak in it. I tried to "go to sleep" once and it made a troll break in through my window and shoot me in the head. Absolutely no chill, I must say.

    • @otakuman706
      @otakuman706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@WLxMusic I feel like I should be kinda... surprised by this, but given who 'taught' it, I'm not at all.

    • @lovelykitty42
      @lovelykitty42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Random Awesome uh

    • @personita2.733
      @personita2.733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      "Put the suitcase in the trophy"
      AI: I know exactly what to do know , _pulls out gun_ , *get in the trophy , now*

  • @katrinafraser9746
    @katrinafraser9746 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5223

    “Artificial language processing remains ten years away, just as it has for the last few decades” is genuinely such a great quote

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Just like fusion is the energy source of the future -- and always will be.

    • @swimfan752
      @swimfan752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It’s not as great as you’re making it sound tbh

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Its only because we are just a step away from it, but time is a bad measurement since genius could strike at any time. If everything went well we could have it done in 2.

    • @darylingoteborg3178
      @darylingoteborg3178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@Merilirem indeed: hard to put a timeline on innovation.
      Every new invention is a million years away the day before it’s suddenly conceived of

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wow. totally, totally true!!

  • @danh945
    @danh945 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I love coming back to this video. I think it is excellent, Tom explains it really well, and there really isn't any flaw to the arguments that he is making. Of course we know that he was completely wrong just 2 years later, but that makes me like the video more. He wasn't wrong because of any factual error, but because nobody could predict just how incredible LLMs would become at natural language processing. Rather than complain that it aged like milk we should instead hold up this masterpiece of a video as a lesson that things are not as difficult as we always think they are, and the seemingly impossible might be on the verge of being achieved.

  • @L4Vo5
    @L4Vo5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7520

    Tom: Put the suitcase in the trophy
    AI: So anyway, I started blasting...

    • @LeoAr37
      @LeoAr37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Omfg underrated comment

    • @aceanimations3214
      @aceanimations3214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      This deserves more likes 😂

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      XD

    • @casda5226
      @casda5226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eat your cereal

    • @miffedmeff7302
      @miffedmeff7302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Go watch the Yogscast's series of videos on it, absolutely hilarious

  • @aarongiroux5416
    @aarongiroux5416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4616

    Put the suitcase in the trophy.
    Ai: pulls out gun

    • @hengineer
      @hengineer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Then I pull out my robe and my hat

    • @sf8262
      @sf8262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      PUT IT IN, NOW!

    • @Makura6901
      @Makura6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      So anyways i started blasting

    • @hayden.A0
      @hayden.A0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      If that AI is ever given a physical body we are in trouble. "Pack my suitcase, will you?" "Certainly. *BANG*"

    • @F-Lambda
      @F-Lambda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@hayden.A0 Oh, he's packing all right.

  • @dashiefiles
    @dashiefiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13644

    “If you’re writing a gay romance”
    As I normally do, of course

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +373

      To be fair, I don't write romances at all, or write at all ... stories that is. I've clearly written this reply.

    • @Boooo
      @Boooo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +510

      @@Liggliluff I don't write anything, not even comments online.

    • @Brindlebrother
      @Brindlebrother 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      that's gay

    • @hatmanharris5287
      @hatmanharris5287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      BooMan I see what you did there. Also I can’t even read

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Liggliluff I just think this is amusing, considering your profile pic and channel content. I'm almost *surprised* that you don't write slash/shipfics.

  • @RoseAbrams
    @RoseAbrams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2613

    Yesterday I put those sentences into OpenAI Chatbot, and it successfully answered all of them.
    Turns out machine learning WAS gonna save us, less than 3 years later. Checkmate Tom.

    • @Jason9637
      @Jason9637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      I tested asking it to put the suitcase inside the trophy. It stuffed the suitcase inside, and admitted it was a silly idea. So yes, it is extremely good at understanding this stuff.

    • @krishp1104
      @krishp1104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      @@Jason9637It could also be because it was asked that question by others who watched the video so it learned from it

    • @sciencetube4574
      @sciencetube4574 ปีที่แล้ว +421

      I asked it about the trophy sentence and it got it correct. Then I switched from “too big” to “too small” and it gave the same (wrong) answer. ChatGPT is good, but not intelligent.

    • @ralisgroffen
      @ralisgroffen ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He just made a video :)

    • @givepassword
      @givepassword ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@krishp1104 ChatGPT doesn't learn from interactions.

  • @Beth-td6vj
    @Beth-td6vj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6840

    “Put the suitcase in the trophy”
    AI: “best I can do is gun”

    • @xbon1
      @xbon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Poor software to test gpt on

    • @darkursrike3161
      @darkursrike3161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      When you use siri on the school

    • @greenix1776
      @greenix1776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm the 1000th like

    • @veroxid
      @veroxid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      GPT-2 must be American.

    • @armingamer5546
      @armingamer5546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Take it or leave it.

  • @yuvalne
    @yuvalne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3682

    One of my favourite examples of such a sentence:
    "The disco ball went through the table because it was made of steel/styrofoam." The meaning of "it" depends solely on the last word.

    • @Stratelier
      @Stratelier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      Wikipedia refers to this as "syntactic ambiguity".

    • @Maelwys
      @Maelwys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

      You could do the same thing with Tom's opening sentence. Change the last word from "big" to "small" and the sentence still makes sense (except now x=2)

    • @abramo7700
      @abramo7700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      what table is made of styrofoam?

    • @retepaskab
      @retepaskab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unless we know that the speaker is not very smart.

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Im totally allowed to have a table made out of styrofoam!

  • @sir_slimestone3797
    @sir_slimestone3797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7508

    "Larger things can't fit in smaller things"
    Me playing Minecraft putting thousands of cubic meters of gold in a single chest.

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      Sir_Slimestone
      This is beyond science

    • @Rawlingm
      @Rawlingm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +351

      I was thinking of something much different

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Check out Mario's wallet full of gold coins. Who needs a chest?

    • @mojosbigsticks
      @mojosbigsticks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And an 11ft pole in my backpack!

    • @advanceringnewholder
      @advanceringnewholder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Technicaly you can fit 46,656 1 meter by 1 meter blocks of gold in a single chest

  • @jigglycuber2009
    @jigglycuber2009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    You: "Put the trophy in the suitcase"
    Computer: "Ok pulling out gun"
    You: "No"
    Computer: "Ok putting away gun"
    You: "Open suitcase"
    Computer: "Takes out gun and shoots suitcase"

    • @Mister_Sun.
      @Mister_Sun. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i don't get it

    • @glorpri
      @glorpri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Mister_Sun. Neither do i

    • @rainbowevil
      @rainbowevil 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Neither did the AI that Tom showed towards the end of the video (GPT-2)

  • @SkellyBones9341
    @SkellyBones9341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2370

    Tom: try to put a suitcase in a trophy.
    AI: I think I should shoot it

  • @notwildcard377
    @notwildcard377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11488

    "The woman(1) beat her daughter(2) because she(x) was drunk."
    Confuses me still.

    • @hayden.A0
      @hayden.A0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2230

      Probably one of the best examples. I've seen it before and even in other languages.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1302

      I think that would be completely ambiguous.

    • @Michael-Hammerschmidt
      @Michael-Hammerschmidt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1193

      @@hayden.A0 Not one of the best examples because, as Tom said, they are made to be totally unambiguous and easy for humans to understand. Which is why it is so interesting that computers struggle so greatly with them.

    • @Michael-Hammerschmidt
      @Michael-Hammerschmidt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1436

      @@emperorborgpalpatine No one understands it. The sentence, "The woman(1) beat her daughter(2) because she(x) was drunk." is entirely ambiguous, which misses the point of testing AI with unambiguous statements.

    • @virtualabc7847
      @virtualabc7847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Awesome

  • @kicksledkid
    @kicksledkid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2331

    The year is 2020. Tom Scott has mentioned slash fic in a video about linguistic computing.

    • @KeybladeSpirit
      @KeybladeSpirit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      The credits roll. When they finish, two words remain onscreen: "Bad(?) End"

    • @wohdinhel
      @wohdinhel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      this timeline isn’t so bad after all

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A future better than Jetsons predicted!

    • @njones420
      @njones420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...as Lena began to insert the trophy...
      nevermind

    • @CallMeTess
      @CallMeTess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      to be fair, it was a great example

  • @ugthefluffster
    @ugthefluffster 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    "This is 10 years away" - this aged like milk

    • @facundogriglio3316
      @facundogriglio3316 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      a computer still cant "understand" it

    • @alphaONEphoenix
      @alphaONEphoenix หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@facundogriglio3316 just tried with chatgpt 4o mini this is what it said:
      The trophy wouldn't fit in the brown suitcase because it was too big, meaning its size exceeded the available space inside the suitcase. There could be several reasons for this:
      Height/Length: The trophy might be taller or longer than the suitcase's interior dimensions.
      Shape: The trophy could have an irregular shape (e.g., a wide base or large decorative elements) that doesn't align with the suitcase's compartments or structure.
      Fragility: The trophy might require special handling, and trying to force it into the suitcase could risk damaging it, making it impractical to fit.
      Inflexibility: Unlike flexible items, a trophy might have a rigid structure, meaning it can't be squished or bent to fit into a smaller space.

    • @facundogriglio3316
      @facundogriglio3316 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@alphaONEphoenix i didnt say it cant answer the question, I'm saying it cant understand it, an AI so far is only a machine that processes a ton of information to output what other people or many other people said.

    • @alphaONEphoenix
      @alphaONEphoenix หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@facundogriglio3316 i did not say it could i just showed what i found

    • @facundogriglio3316
      @facundogriglio3316 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @alphaONEphoenix touche

  • @cherryblossompossum3566
    @cherryblossompossum3566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2244

    "We all have experiences with suitcases and trophies."
    Maybe you do Tom, but I'm a loser.

    • @jayteegamble
      @jayteegamble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      You should have been a Millennial; we got sweet Participation Trophies.

    • @FMFF_
      @FMFF_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@jayteegamble is that actually true or just a joke. I only ever got paper participation/attendance awards and that's it. I got trophies/ ribbons for winning.
      Did anyone ever get a little trophie for participation? If so, for what and where? Genuinely curious if it happens or if it's one of those hollywood exaggerations.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I don't get crap for participation

    • @zzanatos2001
      @zzanatos2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@FMFF_ It's a fictional Boomer myth they like to perpetuate to demonstrate how much better they are than everyone else. The only time I have ever seen anyone get participation ribbons has been at pee wee sports events and the Special Olympics.

    • @tibfulv
      @tibfulv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In my competition everyone got a trophy for participation. Except me, because the trophies were too expensive. Taught me a valuable lesson in economics: Why everyone doesn't get a trophy.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5529

    Well, that computer became hostile the moment it couldn't understand what you were typing

    • @tiki-nagasvoice7919
      @tiki-nagasvoice7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      How... am I finding you... literally everywhere?

    • @EosDoesStuff
      @EosDoesStuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Are you Justin Y's alt?

    • @mysocksaremoist
      @mysocksaremoist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@tiki-nagasvoice7919 because you’re everywhere as well…

    • @tiki-nagasvoice7919
      @tiki-nagasvoice7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@mysocksaremoist I mean, that's fair

    • @teejay9189
      @teejay9189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gaming

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +859

    And then there's the famous, "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
    Fred

    • @doxed64
      @doxed64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      oh god what have you done

    • @docinabox258
      @docinabox258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That is not grammatically correct. The correct way to say that would be to say, “ fruit flies like bananas”

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      @@docinabox258 Both are perfectly fine grammatically.
      Picture a banana - just one of them - being swarmed with fruit flies, illustrating that fruit flies like a banana.
      Just like you might say, "I like a good cup of coffee;" or, "I like a baseball game." It's understood that there are many of either of these things, and that you like them all.
      Fred

    • @pajanewcomer4323
      @pajanewcomer4323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hello zilean

    • @CRlMZlN
      @CRlMZlN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Hi Fred.

  • @Burneth_
    @Burneth_ ปีที่แล้ว +453

    Feb.19.2023
    I asked chat gpt:
    "The trophy would not fit in the suitcase because it was too big." What is the sentence referring to by "too big"?
    It replied:
    In the sentence "The trophy would not fit in the suitcase because it was too big," the phrase "too big" is referring to the size of the trophy. The trophy is too large to fit inside the suitcase, so it cannot be packed and transported in that way.

    • @Burneth_
      @Burneth_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just food for thought👌

    • @Marshmellow_Cat
      @Marshmellow_Cat ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I mean the video is 3 years ago...

    • @liamneedsauniquehandle
      @liamneedsauniquehandle ปีที่แล้ว +54

      that's just because it read about this problem

    • @medogerty6013
      @medogerty6013 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@liamneedsauniquehandle Nope. Try using other similar examples using the word “it” in an unclear way. It understands.

    • @Caesar512
      @Caesar512 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I asked it a newer one it may not have seen yet,
      The ball broke the table because it was made of steel. What was made of steel?
      It told me this was ambiguous.
      To its credit when I corrected it and told it that this was an example of a Winograd schema and that one of the two interpretations was obviously correct, it did pick the ball as the steel object.
      But then, to its detriment again, you can try this replacing steel with Styrofoam to change the meaning around. It gets even worse and doesn't think it is ambiguous at all--and insists that a Styrofoam ball would not break a table. And when warned again that there is a right answer, it says that the Styrofoam ball did break the table.
      The ones it gets right, it gets right because it has seen them in the training set because they are classical examples. It is smoke and mirrors though, and it still chokes on anything novel.

  • @Karmigula
    @Karmigula 4 ปีที่แล้ว +910

    "Larger things can't fit in smaller things"
    This is the point at which we apply force.

    • @chuu7062
      @chuu7062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Uhh.. that sounds wrong 😂

    • @fghsgh
      @fghsgh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      and that brings us to GPT-2, which interprets "to apply force" as "shoot it"

    • @dafoex
      @dafoex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I've been a furry so long that I know exactly where this is going.
      To anyone else; please buy a normal size Bad Dragon

    • @dhiya6138
      @dhiya6138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Add lube my dudes, it makes the situations better for both parties

    • @lexilala1968
      @lexilala1968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@lilylopnco
      Now my books are wet, thanks a lot

  • @hheecckk526
    @hheecckk526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1397

    "we all have experience with trophies"
    You didn't have to just flex on people like me that casually

    • @mfirdanhb
      @mfirdanhb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Buying a cup is kinda a trophy

    • @TheGhostInThePhoto
      @TheGhostInThePhoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@mfirdanhb
      Buying a cup is better than getting a trophy. A trophy has no functional use other than collecting dust. A cup holds things and occupies far less space. You also don’t typically have to compete over a cup (with exceptions).

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wow. totally, totally spot on.

    • @fos1451
      @fos1451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @CozyFrog
      That's not how it works,
      I never went to the moon, that doesn't mean I have experience with the moon,
      I don't even see how what you said make a bit of sense,
      If you never even have or go or see it, you never experience it

    • @aeircrown7994
      @aeircrown7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TheGhostInThePhoto I don't know, I want feel what is like to drink from a trophy tho.

  • @theonlyjoe_
    @theonlyjoe_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9089

    Me: cool lessons on computing
    Tom: lesbians and overwatch

    • @eloujtimereaver4504
      @eloujtimereaver4504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +395

      Ah yes, the true purpose of computing.

    • @ollieosborn8816
      @ollieosborn8816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      But why Mei?
      Just call her the devil. It's still true

    • @averagesnail5437
      @averagesnail5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      yes, lesbians and overwatch, the ultimate match

    • @jemthelonley
      @jemthelonley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was surprised to see that too

    • @jamesmathieson8514
      @jamesmathieson8514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Tracer

  • @BobDiaz123
    @BobDiaz123 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    We can still understand even when a person who has trouble speaking English says things incorrectly.
    This works both ways, even when I use the wrong word in Spanish, native Spanish speakers still understand what I was trying to say. I find this human ability to put the parts together, even when something is wrong, is amazing.

  • @skycaptain39
    @skycaptain39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6687

    Me: oh boy a new linguistics video, I wonder what this one is-
    Tom Scott: y'all know about gay fanfiction?

    • @do-re-mi-fabeat4449
      @do-re-mi-fabeat4449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +423

      Ah, something I am knowledgeable about! Finally!

    • @Fizz-Q
      @Fizz-Q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@do-re-mi-fabeat4449 sadly... Same

    • @Jonic_P
      @Jonic_P 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Someone how I was more surprised by the sudden Overwatch reference/e-sports terms

    • @imnotgaybut6408
      @imnotgaybut6408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      *My time has come*

    • @clamflam6308
      @clamflam6308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@Fizz-Q what do you mean "sadly"?
      I G L A D L Y K N O W A B O U T I T

  • @Infinite_Archive
    @Infinite_Archive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6599

    Ah yes. The Tom Scott video with AI Dungeon, slash-fiction, and Overwatch.

    • @jinxyjangle
      @jinxyjangle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      But isn’t Team Fortress 2 better?

    • @ixchel3330
      @ixchel3330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@jinxyjangle Nope(imo)

    • @jameswiseman5451
      @jameswiseman5451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@jinxyjangle they're both great, and very different games

    • @jinxyjangle
      @jinxyjangle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jameswiseman5451 Yes. I know.

    • @jinxyjangle
      @jinxyjangle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ixchel3330 Have you even played TF2 for at least 500 hours?

  • @jaxsmolenbee4683
    @jaxsmolenbee4683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1582

    “But that’s awkward “
    FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

    • @colemorgan3356
      @colemorgan3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      Yesss. Like please just use their names or restructure your sentences. "The blond-haired boy" just sounds so weird because nobody thinks like that about people

    • @Nebula_o7
      @Nebula_o7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      @@colemorgan3356 Its even worse when they refer to them as younger and older, especially in sexual scenes

    • @_lexi
      @_lexi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      its so hard to restructure the sentences over and over in a way that isnt repetitive. :(

    • @colemorgan3356
      @colemorgan3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      @@_lexi It may sound repetitive to you as the writer, but I promise you your readers won't notice and won't care

    • @nightlove3574
      @nightlove3574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@colemorgan3356 This cannot be stressed enough! It's like the word 'said.' The reader is conditioned to not notice it after so much exposure, and names and pronouns are the same way.

  • @pbangsund
    @pbangsund ปีที่แล้ว +851

    "Artificial language processing remains 10 years away, just as it has for the last few decades." Well, that didn't age well!

    • @YellowJelly13
      @YellowJelly13 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It only took 2 years to prove him wrong haha

    • @lurrielee2755
      @lurrielee2755 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      ​​@@YellowJelly13GPT3 was finished within months of this video being published. It just wasn't released to the public until 2022. In actuality, he was practically already wrong at the time this video was filmed - he just didn't know it yet.

    • @GalliadII
      @GalliadII ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@lurrielee2755 reminds me of the wright brothers and "flight is about 1000 years in the future" - quote from some scientific journal in 1913.

    • @Urammar
      @Urammar ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lurrielee2755 GPT2 had already made massive waves in the nerd/chatbot sphere of people that care about such things. He had already been wrong for quite some time, a year or so at time of publishing, it just wasnt very huge in the public zeitgeist yet.
      Honestly as much as I love him, he simply wasnt that researched for this video to make that kind of claim.

    • @kintex6441
      @kintex6441 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ​@@UrammarYou say this like Gpt2 and more relevantly gpt3 are still far from perfect. Sure, it's able to reply back, and while I can't talk about exactly how it works due to a lack of understanding in the internal mechanisms (Which to be frank, even the creators probably don't know), from the times I've used it, the learning through repetition is somewhat successful, but not nearly as effective as the personal experience we have simply through learning. He wasn't wrong, people just credit the program for the wrong things.

  • @WLxMusic
    @WLxMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2366

    That moment you go, "hmm, i usually use visual or character traits to distinguish between same pronouned characters in my gay romance fanfics" and then Tom calls you out on it as weird and amateur.

    • @muffycat
      @muffycat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Fr not all of us are professionals like you, Tom O_O (joking)

    • @spopydude69
      @spopydude69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Hmm yes Tom did you forget that people have names too

    • @CreoTan
      @CreoTan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      It’s not always a bad thing in writing, but usually it’s used as a crutch or a bandaid solution, instead of intentionally, which is why it often comes off as amateur
      Really, when it comes to writing, there are general guidelines, but no strict, set rules-because there’s always gonna be someone who will break those rules and do it well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @randomfox12245
      @randomfox12245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I did spend a few minutes thinking about how I'd word that sentence so it'd work before I realized the entire sentence was just trash and should be thrown out completely.

    • @orngjce223
      @orngjce223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Personally, Blaseball has been a good training ground for some people I know to stop using synecdoche and epithets, as characters have zero canonical descriptions of appearance at all, so no amount of "pinkette" or "the taller one" is going to disambiguate which character is which. You could try looking at fanfic from there to improve on that specific skill.
      Similarly, Homestuck fandom is really good at second person (written from the perspective of "you") because canon is written in second person.
      If you want other recommendations feel free to ask!

  • @mikedamat
    @mikedamat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2448

    "Artificial language processing remains 10 years away, just as it has for the last few decades."
    If you could summarize futurology in a single statement, that would be it.

    • @Mosern1977
      @Mosern1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Fusion is 30 years away, so language processing is closer:)

    • @gNpNct
      @gNpNct 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      ​@@Mosern1977 Fusion was always 50 years away then, and now it's (always?) 30 years. That must be an improvement!

    • @AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm
      @AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1970+10=1980
      2020?1980
      2020>1980

    • @Chloe_Heather
      @Chloe_Heather 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ironically this comment has the read more sign even though it doesn't show any more text, in my glitched outdated app.

    • @dillon7981
      @dillon7981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jackie Tearie besides the fact that nuclear energy hasn’t changed too much. Nuclear bomb are still always tested by all countries, and efficient energy sources are rare to see cause of money-hungry electricity and gas companies. Such a miserable world

  • @lolcatjpeg
    @lolcatjpeg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    Tom: artificial language processing remains ten years away
    GPT-3: hold my beer

    • @DiggyPT
      @DiggyPT ปีที่แล้ว +136

      GPT-4: hold my beer

    • @IsYitzach
      @IsYitzach ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@resyntax Yes, but on a sample size of one, it was correct. I almost said it was well reasoned, but it claimed to have done it off the sentence structure.

    • @Igrium
      @Igrium ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@resyntax and what humans do is not bullshitting?

    • @sabakobakhidze9745
      @sabakobakhidze9745 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@DiggyPT GPT-5: Actually hands you the beer

    • @jacksonlaframboise6257
      @jacksonlaframboise6257 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      GPT-6. Discovers a new way to make the perfect beer, sets up a business, codes a flawless website, gets legally set up in a few small local areas, gains funding from investors, expands and gradually takes over the entire beer industry.

  • @shingshongshamalama
    @shingshongshamalama 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1743

    Human: "Put the suitcase in the trophy."
    AI GM: "You shoot the suitcase."

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      You can tell the AI was trained in the USA.

    • @General12th
      @General12th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      If you shoot the suitcase enough, eventually it can fit a trophy.

    • @francoisdecaux1570
      @francoisdecaux1570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@General12th So true... at least parts of it can cover it, which is the object refered to in the previous sentence.

    • @princessdio3686
      @princessdio3686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Google vs Bing

    • @fukinshin9918
      @fukinshin9918 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RFC3514 Damn, beat me to it.

  • @FortoFight
    @FortoFight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    I've been programming so much recently and speaking so little that my brain started to agree with the computers on the difficulty of parsing those sentences.

    • @caw25sha
      @caw25sha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      if(trophy.size > suitcase.size)
      fit = false;

    • @igorthelight
      @igorthelight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      fit = (trophy.size > suitcase.size) ? false

    • @igorthelight
      @igorthelight 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @m ・ ́ω・ Great news!

    • @mistyz0ne
      @mistyz0ne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      public boolean fits(Trophy trophy, Suitcase suitcase){
      return ( trophy.getSize() < suitcase.getSize() );
      }

    • @nadadada3938
      @nadadada3938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@igorthelight using an incomplete ternary operation? Also redundancy ternary operation

  • @DrZaius3141
    @DrZaius3141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1752

    Tom Scott: AI is so stupid.
    2 Minute Papers: What a time to be alive!

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      So true 😂😂

    • @Someone-cr8cj
      @Someone-cr8cj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice

    • @HarriW
      @HarriW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Karloishpfasjoauna is adorable, love him

    • @IronicHavoc
      @IronicHavoc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      It's stupid, but getting less stupid at a remarkable rate

    • @thealchemist6355
      @thealchemist6355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@HarriW Lolz, you just murdered his name.

  • @PlusMusicOfficial
    @PlusMusicOfficial 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    “Artificial language processing remains 10 years away”, anyone thinking ‘bout it in 2024?

    • @Halfway_to_nowhere_owo
      @Halfway_to_nowhere_owo 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yea, I was wondering if anyone came back to this video with the insane development of llms and ai

  • @JohannesBrodwall
    @JohannesBrodwall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4424

    "Time flies like an arrow"
    "Fruit flies like an apple"
    When is "like" an adjective or a verb?

    • @sullenskulls9709
      @sullenskulls9709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +675

      This comment deserves a Like. (Noun)

    • @cisium1184
      @cisium1184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      No, when is like an adverb or a conjunction or a pronoun.

    • @matthewblainey4254
      @matthewblainey4254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      oh my lord no not the time flies!

    • @SnoFitzroy
      @SnoFitzroy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's an adjective when it's in a simile...obviously

    • @nirmalsuki
      @nirmalsuki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana" - Groucho Marx

  • @zamicedt
    @zamicedt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4657

    "If you're writing a gay romance,"
    Me, who was actually attempted writing a gay romance and encountered this very problem: Ah, yes.

    • @felzzer3943
      @felzzer3943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      funny😐

    • @kirbyedible2438
      @kirbyedible2438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      a_frog52 people like different things than you, ya don’t need to call someone mentally unstable.

    • @zeeplez
      @zeeplez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@a_frog529 why cant they?

    • @andrewrichardson3135
      @andrewrichardson3135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KirbyEdible I think that’s the right term

    • @lfocoap4950ajf8
      @lfocoap4950ajf8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      whatever you do, do not use epithets

  • @edslushie570
    @edslushie570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1918

    Tom's Friend: Why are you reading lesbian Overwatch fanfiction?
    Tom, who's about to have the idea for this video: Oh, haven't you heard?

    • @ratataran
      @ratataran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The hell is this referring to?

    • @peterprime2140
      @peterprime2140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@ratataran The video.

    • @qo7052
      @qo7052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@ratataran You havent heard about the bird?

    • @pinball-wizard
      @pinball-wizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@qo7052 BRIAN DON’T

    • @ashtar3876
      @ashtar3876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's reading it for research brah

  • @Stratelier
    @Stratelier 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    2024: "Chat, how many R's are in the word 'strawberry' ?"
    ChatGPT: _Don't worry, I'll get the gun._

  • @retroforager
    @retroforager 4 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    tom: "put a suitcase in a trophy"
    AI: *contemplates suicide*

  • @igorwojtyna2158
    @igorwojtyna2158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    Me: Puts suitcase in a trophy
    AI: Your actions have refuted the neccesity of your existence

  • @arirahikkala
    @arirahikkala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1135

    Hey, I think AI Dungeon's response makes perfect sense here. Just shoot a suitcase enough times and eventually it will fit inside a trophy.

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Aha, but even if it might work does that mean it makes sense?

    • @TonboIV
      @TonboIV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Violence can actually solve all problems. You just have to use a lot of violence for some of them.

    • @ineedaname1341
      @ineedaname1341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@TonboIV *humans*

    • @TonboIV
      @TonboIV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ineedaname1341 Nuke all the humans. I didn't say violence was a GOOD solution.

    • @ineedaname1341
      @ineedaname1341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TonboIV hahahaha true! Your technically right :-)

  • @thirdpedalnirvana
    @thirdpedalnirvana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    It's crazy this was only 4 years ago

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    "Hey Google, did the trophy not fit in the brown suitcase because it was too big?"
    perfect question to heat up the room on a cold evening.

    • @SillyMakesVids
      @SillyMakesVids 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ask her why you want dry leaves in boiling water.

    • @LARAUJO_0
      @LARAUJO_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No it's because the brown suitcase didn't have any brown suits in it

    • @Semudara
      @Semudara 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does not compute, does not compute, system shutdown!!

    • @litapd311
      @litapd311 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      google proceeds to blown up you phone

    • @mistyz0ne
      @mistyz0ne 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "here's what I found on the web"

  • @PrincessFelicie
    @PrincessFelicie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32395

    Haha, the gay fanfiction dilemma. A classic.

    • @risu2312
      @risu2312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +857

      Congratulations this is now the most liked comment here 👏👏

    • @icarus.9306
      @icarus.9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1737

      _wattpad flashbacks_

    • @LazyRare
      @LazyRare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      K

    • @retvolution
      @retvolution 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Oh god yes xddd

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Wha?

  • @ark7541
    @ark7541 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It's amazing how far the technology has come in just a few years

  • @OHYS
    @OHYS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2776

    Tom's example about the troubles of writing gay romance seemed oddly specific.

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I was going to go with your joke, but then I'd feel a little dumb

    • @MyPandaemonium
      @MyPandaemonium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      You mean to tell me you've never written Yaoi?

    • @erica8952
      @erica8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      Who doesn't enjoy a nice gay fanfic after a hard day's work?

    • @Mateon1
      @Mateon1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I don't, I read crackfics (not shippy) instead

    • @jiangciyang3860
      @jiangciyang3860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MyPandaemonium bruh yaoi is manga and manga is gay

  • @ShaunCheah
    @ShaunCheah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2420

    "Larger things can't fit inside smaller things." - Tom Scott, issuing a challenge to all bottoms.

    • @bowiebrewster6266
      @bowiebrewster6266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      LMAOOOOO

    • @cederveltman
      @cederveltman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      this is genuinely a good comment

    • @webpombo7765
      @webpombo7765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I'm a power bottom

    • @this_is_patrick
      @this_is_patrick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *All* bottoms? What if it's a small dom/big sub scenario?

    • @heroslippy6666
      @heroslippy6666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      If it fits, I sits.

  • @Ellie-yt3op
    @Ellie-yt3op 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2941

    Me: ah a smart video on language
    Tom: so, lesbians

    • @natesmodelsdoodles5403
      @natesmodelsdoodles5403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Me: a blonde, a brunette, a skirt... wait, are these those two girls on the oil rig in Pokemon RSE?

    • @WLxMusic
      @WLxMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@natesmodelsdoodles5403 I'mma go look up THomas Scottsburry on wattpad real quick. Mans is definitely speaking from experience.

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@natesmodelsdoodles5403 I don’t remember that part of Gen III…

    • @gaymerjerry
      @gaymerjerry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnathanltablet is this the gen 3 anime i think i missed that episode

    • @shitpost-o-matic7469
      @shitpost-o-matic7469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I h a t e i t

  • @danielsalinaslopez3541
    @danielsalinaslopez3541 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I’ve tried the trophy-suitcase problem on Chat GPT-3 and it’s astonishing how much this technology has advanced in just three years.

    • @petrkdn8224
      @petrkdn8224 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      gpt 3 was actually released later in 2020, after this video was published, so its been that was since roughly the video came out.. GPT4 came out couple months ago, and if you take a look at the timespans between each GPT version, its around 2 to 3 years, so it only makes sense

    • @SeverityOne
      @SeverityOne ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@petrkdn8224I tried the tablecloth example with GPT-4. Not only did it provide the correct answer, it also rephrased the sentence in order to make it clearer.

    • @lrizzard
      @lrizzard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      now we have to solve the rs in strawberry

  • @emmacampbell3075
    @emmacampbell3075 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1328

    Tom intellectually discussing lesbian slash fiction is the highlight of my day

    • @ravendangernavy3575
      @ravendangernavy3575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I want to read more lesbian slash fiction I've had terrible experience with it haha

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Eeh it seemed kinda inappropiate, force and out of place to me

    • @katacutie
      @katacutie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@aurelia8028 What are you even talking about?

    • @woodfur00
      @woodfur00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Magnus Juul Ask yourself if you would have a single problem with Tom discussing straight romance fiction
      And then, if it's not too much to ask, reevaluate your life choices

    • @delta-76
      @delta-76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Magnus Juul how so?

  • @xristoss.2037
    @xristoss.2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +984

    "If you re writing a gay romance story"
    Well...that escalated quickly

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      *you're
      *escalated

    • @raguel4416
      @raguel4416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      *no one
      *asked

    • @rishabhpal9845
      @rishabhpal9845 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @roadent217
      @roadent217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *your's't've

    • @Stronhue
      @Stronhue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Raguel well what'd you expect on a video about grammar

  • @chrisbandicoot9552
    @chrisbandicoot9552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1257

    AI is still crap, especially the voice recognition. I was reminded of that when I played a quiz with one a few months ago.
    Alexa: What do you fire from a bow?
    Me: Arrows
    Alexa:...
    Alexa: A rose is incorrect. The correct answer is "An arrow".

    • @kusaisama
      @kusaisama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Yeh my mom has SIRI it's hilarious like that.
      Here's an example.
      "SIRI order from Papa john's."
      I heard you say 'or more front maya Jones' is that right???
      "No! I said 'Papa johns! "
      Sorry I don't understand that.
      "I SAID NO!!! "

    • @romxxii
      @romxxii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@kusaisama Google's no better. Even with a full decade of voice recognition samples, it sometimes can't recognize a simple command like "set an alarm for 5 am".

    • @avrahamishshalom1799
      @avrahamishshalom1799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@romxxii Bells ringing at 5am at local firehouse

    • @georgeofhamilton
      @georgeofhamilton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Trick question-one doesn’t fire anything from bows.

    • @ultimatedude5686
      @ultimatedude5686 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@georgeofhamilton What?

  • @dko1905
    @dko1905 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Tom: "Artificial language processing remains 10 years away"
    ChatGPT: *released*

    • @basedokadaizo
      @basedokadaizo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thus bringing it up to 5 years away

    • @medogerty6013
      @medogerty6013 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@basedokadaizo 2 years 9 months away

    • @brdrnda3805
      @brdrnda3805 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@medogerty6013 Another seven years and three months to make it good enough that you can't easily trick it into a wrong "understanding"

  • @danielseguin5099
    @danielseguin5099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Ah yes, the old "10 years away from being 10 years away"

    • @matthewmcneany
      @matthewmcneany 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      physicists and comp sci bods only work in orders of magnitude. AI is 10 years away - to one order of magnitude.

    • @Merthalophor
      @Merthalophor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@matthewmcneany O(10years) amirite rofl

    • @danielseguin5099
      @danielseguin5099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @m ・ ́ω・ add this one under "The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But I Also Can't"

    • @geeseofcheese
      @geeseofcheese หลายเดือนก่อน

      Turned out to be a bit less than 10 years

  • @Linkz64
    @Linkz64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    This was unlisted for a month Tom, how dare you keep this from me.

    • @lolmaker777
      @lolmaker777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Upload schedule

    • @onepcwhiz
      @onepcwhiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Are you a patron?

    • @IM4plebz
      @IM4plebz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@onepcwhiz I believe that they looked at the date of Tom's comment

    • @onepcwhiz
      @onepcwhiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@IM4plebz oh.. well I know that some channels release videos earlier for patrons who support the channel. :-)

    • @lchn12345678
      @lchn12345678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      how do u know if a video has been unlisted for an amoubt of time?

  • @reallyWyrd
    @reallyWyrd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    "Artificial language processing remains just ten years away -- just as it has for the last few decades."

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It will be launched with the James Webb Telescope.

    • @ano_nym
      @ano_nym 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fusion reactors are just 20 years away, never thought we would get NLP in just half that time.

    • @danepcarver4951
      @danepcarver4951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But we will have self driving cars before that.

    • @geeseofcheese
      @geeseofcheese หลายเดือนก่อน

      Comment aged like milk

  • @Lu-zu1jg
    @Lu-zu1jg ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Tried this test with ChatGPT, although a little altered. I asked, "The ball doesn't fit in the box because it is too small." ChatGPT responded, "The word 'it' refers to the ball. The sentence means that the ball is too small to fit inside the box, which is the reason why it doesn't fit."
    As a software engineer, this gives a little bit of hope that my job is still safe. A little.

    • @egg.007
      @egg.007 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well i said to it, it was wrong so it corrected it and told me that it was wrong because the box was too small to accommodate the ball . Here it kinda understood its mistake. This shows how smart its learning is

    • @aspol12
      @aspol12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maybe it interpreted "fit" as in "fit snugly", in which case the ball being too small would in fact make the sentence true

    • @oromain
      @oromain ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ah yep. This same example of yours trumped it on my end too. Perhaps it's trained on the examples Tom mentioned but not new ones.
      -In the sentence "The ball doesn't fit in the box because it is too small.", what is the word "it" referring to?
      -In the sentence "The ball doesn't fit in the box because it is too small," the word "it" is referring to the ball.
      -Why would a small ball have trouble fitting in a box?
      -A small ball might have trouble fitting in a box if the box is not large enough to accommodate the ball. Alternatively, the opening of the box might be too small to allow the ball to pass through. It also depends on the size of the ball and the size of the box.
      -Doesn't this mean "it" refers to the box then?
      -Yes, you are correct. In the given sentence, "it" refers to the box, which is too small to fit the ball. I apologize for the confusion in my previous response.

    • @mustafasiddiqui8203
      @mustafasiddiqui8203 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did u ask gpt 4?

    • @Sgrunterundt
      @Sgrunterundt ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mustafasiddiqui8203 I did. It passes with flying colors.

  • @HeidiBird
    @HeidiBird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I LOVED how you pulled in slash fanfiction to demonstrate!!! This is indeed a problem (inexperienced) authors frequently struggle with, and you are right: synecdoches are awkward to read. The solution I have discovered (when careful sentence construction can't solve the issue): use names! The rule about trying to avoid repetition in your vocabulary can be applied with more leniency in this case, and if the writing is good, the scene will come to life so perfectly that clarification is not always needed anyway.
    That said, I object to slash fiction authors being called amateur in general - though there are, as you point out, significant differences in skill level.

  • @icemazz
    @icemazz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    "we've got experience, of trophies"
    😥

    • @jcxz983
      @jcxz983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Awwwwwww..........................................................

    • @otakuribo
      @otakuribo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      🏆
      I present you with the Doing Your Best award

    • @maxximumb
      @maxximumb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Not winning a trophy is experience of a trophy. Not a good trophy eperience admittedly, but enough for the suitcase conjuncture.

    • @Kadekuru
      @Kadekuru 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheer up!

    • @kevmmm
      @kevmmm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Go buy yourself one, that might just make it worse tbh

  • @Stevoisiak
    @Stevoisiak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Solving The Winograd Schema by shooting the suitcase with a gun seems reasonable to me.

    • @arnerademacker8548
      @arnerademacker8548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's like a modern Gordian Knot.

    • @Nightmster
      @Nightmster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey, at least now there's enough space in the suitcase...

    • @lordofthecats6397
      @lordofthecats6397 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or aiming a gun at the judges.

    • @oncydium
      @oncydium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some replicant won't be passing his next Voight-Kampf test I see...

  • @davidpphillips
    @davidpphillips ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Now chatgpt is replying with “If I were human, and assuming both the suitcase and the trophy were appropriately sized and designed for such an interaction, it might be possible to put the suitcase inside the trophy, depending on their respective sizes and shapes. However, it's important to note that such an action would likely be unconventional and not typically done.”

    • @programming5274
      @programming5274 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me: ChatGPT wouldn't fit in the mainframe computer, because it was too big. In the previous sentence, what does it refer to?
      ChatGPT: In the previous sentence, the pronoun "it" refers to the mainframe computer.

    • @ratvibe
      @ratvibe ปีที่แล้ว

      @@programming5274 It gets this right now, for me at least

  • @LarryB-inFL
    @LarryB-inFL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    "They are hunting dogs."
    "Why would they do that?"

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are hunting dogs hunting dogs.

    • @BlackyMox
      @BlackyMox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RGC_animation But are they hunting dogs? Or Are they just hunting dogs, hunting dogs, when dogs are hunting dogs?

    • @lionberryofskyclan
      @lionberryofskyclan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are hunting dogs hunting hunting dogs hunting dogs.

    • @VoidKing666
      @VoidKing666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RGC_animation Dog one: RUN AWAY!!! Dog two: I am hunting you- oh no. Human: I WILL GET YOU DOG TWO!!!

  • @TsubakiOnYT
    @TsubakiOnYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    "We have experiences of suitcases and trophies"
    Everyone without a trophy:

    • @rainpooper7088
      @rainpooper7088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      „And this suitcase is where I‘d put a trophy… *IF I HAD ONE!“*

    • @thatgirlstephanie6023
      @thatgirlstephanie6023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      forget about trophies, people have suitcases??

    • @DemonSlayerSucksAss30
      @DemonSlayerSucksAss30 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do pageant crowns count as trophies?

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha!

    • @VoidKing666
      @VoidKing666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “I would put my suitcase in my trophy, once I get a trophy.”
      Tom: Are you okay?

  • @paracame8162
    @paracame8162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Tom: *puts suitcase in trophy*
    AI: Your free trial of life is over

  • @TheAmyrlinSeat
    @TheAmyrlinSeat ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Both Bard and ChatGPT have no problems with these sentences now. Would be interesting to see a sequel about them.

    • @redstonerelic
      @redstonerelic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My:
      Can you tell me what the following sentence is trying to say:
      The trophy would not fit in the suitcase because it was too big.
      ChatGPT:
      This sentence is explaining that the trophy couldn't be placed inside the suitcase due to its size

    • @TheAmyrlinSeat
      @TheAmyrlinSeat ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@redstonerelic Interesting, doesn't specify which object is too large.

    • @Stratelier
      @Stratelier 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe CGP Grey did a video on this subject that aged much better? Its hypothetical example is a bot trained to sort images between "bee" and "dog" -- which after an iterative training process it can (and quite efficiently), only to get tripped up by a photo of a dog in a bee costume.

    • @pamdrayer5648
      @pamdrayer5648 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me: The trophy would not fit in the suitcase because it was too big.
      ChatGPT: This sentence is an example of a classic ambiguity problem often used in linguistics. The pronoun "it" could refer to either the "trophy" or the "suitcase," leading to two interpretations:
      The trophy was too big to fit in the suitcase.
      The suitcase was too big to hold the trophy.
      However, most people intuitively assume that the trophy is too big because it aligns better with common sense expectations (trophies are usually large and suitcases are typically for storing things).
      Do you enjoy exploring these types of linguistic puzzles?

  • @obopixel4550
    @obopixel4550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    "Computers are missing the breadth of knowledge humans have access to."
    *Me looking something up on google*

    • @JamesMC04
      @JamesMC04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The funniest post in the thread.

    • @PedroHawk1
      @PedroHawk1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In our AI classes we learn the difference between information and knowledge...

  • @stephfh
    @stephfh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +929

    “Larger things don't fit inside smaller things.“
    _Doctor Who enters the chat_

    • @cas6648
      @cas6648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It’s bigger on the inside!

    • @jamesborck5908
      @jamesborck5908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It’s smaller on the outside

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The funny thing is that Dr. Who fanfiction might confuse AI into thinking things CAN be bigger on the inside.

    • @calebr7199
      @calebr7199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hentai enters chat

    • @FionaMu
      @FionaMu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hermione's handbag enters the chat.

  • @masterpys2693
    @masterpys2693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    King Candy: *puts on glasses* "You wouldn't beat a guy with glasses, would you?"
    Ralph: *beats King Candy WITH the glasses*

    • @casymichelle4581
      @casymichelle4581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      this is such a good example LMAO

    • @im_fat_boi
      @im_fat_boi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@casymichelle4581 no it isn't because of use of "with the glasses" is informal and actually not how the English language works.

  • @Dave-kq7gv
    @Dave-kq7gv ปีที่แล้ว +14

    3 years on, this video has aged like somewhere between milk & wine

  • @nipixel
    @nipixel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    “Put the trophy in the suitcase”
    AI: “Ok. *You kill yourself.*”

  • @wearethebomb42
    @wearethebomb42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    You know, I’ve tried using the AI dungeon recently, apparently a lot of people tried doing the same thing Tom did because the moment i asked it to imagine a suitcase and a trophy it immediately filled in the rest of the problem for me, gave me the correct answer, and twice proudly proclaimed that it knew trophies were made of medal. It was an interesting conversation all round, I asked it if it knew Grice’s Maxims, and not only did it list them but it explained what they were in, what I could tell, were its own words. It also identified times in our conversation when one of the maxims had been violated or flouted, and even stopped to correct me when I accidentally referred to it as “flaunting” a maxim.

  • @dreamlesssleepart
    @dreamlesssleepart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    I sleep: the Winograd Schema
    I wake: gay romance story

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I ascend: g a m e s

    • @dawsboss2003
      @dawsboss2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your brain knew you needed to know about gay romance stories

    • @shitpost-o-matic7469
      @shitpost-o-matic7469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Welcome to the modern world.

    • @kajojo2399
      @kajojo2399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shitpost-o-matic7469 TRUE...
      what have we become...

  • @cxvxcbcxn
    @cxvxcbcxn หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Scary how far we have come in the last 4 years...

  • @RileyTheLongboarder
    @RileyTheLongboarder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +557

    2020 was not the year I expected to hear about the grammatical intricacies of lesbian slash fiction from Tom.
    I'm not complaining because he's 100% bang on, but still. Huh.

    • @domuuuuu
      @domuuuuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Bang on.

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@domuuuuu No pun intended?

    • @domuuuuu
      @domuuuuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@greensteve9307 No. Pun intended. Or not. Who am I to say?

    • @satyris410
      @satyris410 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're @@domuuuuu

    • @domuuuuu
      @domuuuuu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@satyris410 I'm not OP though

  • @rachelahrens7478
    @rachelahrens7478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +825

    So what you’re saying is that...artificial intelligence will never understand gay fan-fiction!?!

    • @personita2.733
      @personita2.733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      So , _all AI is homophobic_

    • @ImNot
      @ImNot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@personita2.733 seems fine to me ngl

    • @neerjain9618
      @neerjain9618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      artificial intelligence is useless.

    • @vrennexx3736
      @vrennexx3736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know why computers would want that... It's of no use to them😅
      Gayvatron vs Lesbos Prime

    • @arcanine_enjoyer
      @arcanine_enjoyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@personita2.733 yes it is. trust me, if you do anything gay in AI Dungeon it becomes homophobic quick

  • @SkeletonSyskey
    @SkeletonSyskey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Reminds me of the sketch that makes use the of sentances:
    Ask how "Old Mrs. Brown" is
    &
    Ask how old "Mrs. Brown" is.

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *sentences

    • @hairyputter5363
      @hairyputter5363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@alvallac2171 3:45

    • @Kawdek
      @Kawdek 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does anyone have a link to this sketch?

    • @darkbobblackpants9747
      @darkbobblackpants9747 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SkeletonSyskey Thanks, I hate it

    • @HDFlood_
      @HDFlood_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Punctuation and capitalisation too
      "I helped my uncle jack off the horse."
      "I helped my uncle, Jack, off the horse."

  • @antediest
    @antediest ปีที่แล้ว +85

    who else is rewatching these with ChatGPT open and stoked with the progrees of large language models in the last few years.

    • @frostedpancake532
      @frostedpancake532 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Only slightly terrified

    • @shadowyzephyr
      @shadowyzephyr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GPT-3 was already good enough, to do well on Winograd Schema.

    • @chava2uk150
      @chava2uk150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bing coped
      coped just fine, too

    • @abuKaJeiN.
      @abuKaJeiN. ปีที่แล้ว

      Months

    • @ori5021
      @ori5021 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing and scary

  • @davelewthwaite
    @davelewthwaite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    *Oxford comma cries in the corner*
    "I went to the club with the pole-dancers, Tom Scott and Stephen Fry"
    (and a million fanfic writers cried out in joy)

  • @txt5220
    @txt5220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    AI Dungeons is hilarious. Everyone should try it and see what insane requests and actions the AI will take.

    • @apocalypticblox2346
      @apocalypticblox2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Here’s one fault that I experienced with it:
      Mulder: “Scully, if I don’t make it out of here alive, please feed my fish.”
      Scully: “Mulder, I am not a fish.”
      Mulder: “Scully, I said that you should feed my fish if I die here, not that you are a fish. What’re you smoking!”
      Scully: “Nothing, Mulder.”

    • @ruler_of_everything
      @ruler_of_everything 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hint: literally anything

  • @H00DEDCR0W
    @H00DEDCR0W 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    "the police came tae ma door and told me my dugs were chasing people on bikes ma dugs don't even have bikes"

    • @reanetsemoleleki8219
      @reanetsemoleleki8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you Welsh?

    • @tairneanaich
      @tairneanaich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Reanetse Moleleki it’s a reference to a Scottish Tweet

    • @renhey9979
      @renhey9979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@reanetsemoleleki8219 wot

    • @reanetsemoleleki8219
      @reanetsemoleleki8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@renhey9979 honestly, I don't even remember typing that.

  • @tielessin
    @tielessin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It's crazy how much this has changed in just 4 years

  • @eclypse5081
    @eclypse5081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    My Google assistant goes off when I say: "Ok Boomer"

    • @thewanderinggamer1369
      @thewanderinggamer1369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hidden cheat code.

    • @thefountainpendesk
      @thefountainpendesk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just tried...
      It went off

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thefountainpendesk That can actually have a double meaning. It could mean that it switched its power off or it could mean that it went out of control

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OK, tumour!

    • @kamiwusch9178
      @kamiwusch9178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my goes off when it just hears "Ok"

  • @Zyrdalf
    @Zyrdalf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Scott:“What was too big?”
    Me: it!
    Me 2 seconds later after realizing I might be wrong but still not sure why:
    Me 5 seconds later and realizing

    • @jayteegamble
      @jayteegamble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Found the AI

    • @mgm.al3mry
      @mgm.al3mry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jayteegamble 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @vxel
    @vxel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    0:41 - “And that a trophy usually doesn’t contain things.” Do y’all not drink out of your trophies?

    • @sorrowandsufferin924
      @sorrowandsufferin924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not a suitcase, you don't. But does a computer know that?

    • @jonmcatee3116
      @jonmcatee3116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Drinking out of a trophy is an absolute alpha move

    • @TheRenegade...
      @TheRenegade... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@sorrowandsufferin924 You don't drink suitcases?

    • @sorrowandsufferin924
      @sorrowandsufferin924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @;; m&m 's May I give you a trophy for that?

    • @froggyringu
      @froggyringu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not every trophy is a cup.

  • @2dsystem
    @2dsystem หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    watching this 4 years later is kinda wild

  • @sunnyquinn3888
    @sunnyquinn3888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Me: "You may be able to multiply and divide million digit numbers in nanoseconds, but I understand how suitcases and tablecloths work."
    Computer: "You got me there, Meatbag."

  • @kingdollop-head743
    @kingdollop-head743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    So THAT’S why the always say “the blonde did this” etc. in the gay fanfics! I always found it weird

    • @renhey9979
      @renhey9979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wot

    • @kingdollop-head743
      @kingdollop-head743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Ren Hey They don’t use the names of the characters that often, not the pronouns, they use lots of adjectives

    • @eloujtimereaver4504
      @eloujtimereaver4504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kingdollop-head743 It makes me sad that they do not shake it up with relationship indicators and names near as often. Their own, their partners, Tom Scott's etcetera.

    • @0rbeez
      @0rbeez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The amount of times I’ve seen a character referred to by their occupation is astounding

    • @HeidiBird
      @HeidiBird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only the inexperienced authors ;)

  • @oricalu448
    @oricalu448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Everyone else: meaningful comments
    Me: Ah, so he's a Mei main. Interesting.

  • @JakeBlakeCatboy
    @JakeBlakeCatboy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Well this is an interesting one to come back to in 2024

  • @derFischy
    @derFischy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    I'm so glad Gretchen managed to fit the gay fanfiction problem in one of these videos

    • @DavidRichfield
      @DavidRichfield 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Fortunately Gretchen(1) could fit the gay fanfic problem(2) into the video(3) because it(x) was funny.

    • @muche6321
      @muche6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DavidRichfield Interesting. My solution for x is none of the options. Similar to the sentence "The robot(1) put the trophy(2) in the brown suitcase(3) and it(x) was funny."

    • @myidanny
      @myidanny 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laughed so much when they introduced it(x) in the podcast

    • @adt4864
      @adt4864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DavidRichfield i take out my gun.