Lately, OpenAI’s GPT-3 chatbot has been enjoying some popularity, as it would be able to replace the human being for many operations such as writing or coding. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (ETH) therefore lent himself to the experiment to answer a problem he encountered.
Vitalik Buterin tries out OpenAI’s GPT-3 chatbot
Lately, OpenAI’s GPT-3 chatbot is igniting social media. This artificial intelligence would be a real Swiss army knife, which we could ask to write blog articles on any subject, even to code instead of the developers or to correct errors in a smart contract:
omg. seriously mind blown ?
we’re all gonna be out of a job ? pic.twitter.com/iwjjOTPDLY
— devtooligan (@devtooligan) December 1, 2022
In view of the merits attributed to him, Vitalik Buterin wanted to experiment from a concrete practical case.
On the presentation web page of his Ethereum Name Service (ENS) “vitalik.eth”, the information available allows visitors to go to a version of his blog hosted with InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) technology:
Figure 1 – View of the ENS vitalik.eth
The problem is that this address actually matches a cryptographic hash. Since the resulting alphanumeric sequence depends on the data being represented, this address changes every time the founder of Ethereum (ETH) updates his blog.
Thus, Vitalik Buterin must regularly update his ENS page with the new address, which he considers to be a repetitive task for which he wished develop an automated program.
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The complete process is done in several steps : Vitalik Buterin writes his blog posts on GitHub, then some program should automatically upload it to IPFS and update the ENS vitalik.eth page:
Figure 2 – Preview of an article by Vitalik Buterin on GitHub
He explains that the first stage is ensured by a computer tool called Fleek, but that he prefers to remain “self-sovereign” for the update of his ENS, because this involves transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. So he asks OpenAI’s GPT-3 chatbot to write him the code for the script he needs:
Figure 3 – Vitalik Buterin giving instructions to OpenAI’s GPT-3
As the rest of the experiment is very technical, let’s simply summarize. First, the code was written in Python rather than JavaScript. Moreover, Vitalik Buterin wanted said code not to depend on any external library, which is the case here. This shows that first, you have to give very precise instructions to the chatbot.
Throughout the further instructions that the founder of Ethereum gives to the chatbot, he notices errors in the code. Let us quote for example the use of certain functions which do not have their place in this scenario, and which should be replaced by others.
As the experiment continues, Vitalik Buterin chooses to code part of the script himself, considering himself more efficient than the chatbot. For a second part, the chatbot will be useful to him, although it will have been necessary to assist him. His conclusion is therefore quite telling:
“The GPT-3 chatbot was useful as a programming aid, but it also made many mistakes. In the end, I was able to overcome his mistakes quickly, because I had a lot of knowledge in the field. »
Thus, OpenAI’s GPT-3 can be a real time saver on certain simple operations, but will not turn anyone into a real expert. Its use requires in-depth knowledge of the field for which it is used, otherwise you will end up with a good number of inaccuracies or even errors.
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Sources: Full Experience, GitHub, ENS
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