This is a continuation of yesterday's story.

The following is a quote from "Bye-Bye Jupiter" (Tokuma Bunko edition, p.394) by the late Sakyo Komatsu.

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"Are you okay with pushing yourself too hard?"

Dr. Bernard murmured as he peered under Millie's hand.

"A long time ago, I knew a guy who thought too hard about crossword puzzles and became aphasic for about six months. ......"

"I, on the other hand, if I start doing something, I have to keep doing it. ......"

Millie brushed her hair out of her face.

"Besides, what I am doing now is a kind of "training" for this computer: ......"

"I'm not sure about that for someone like me, who is a field opponent in the rough-and-tumble discipline of cosmic archaeology. ......"

Dr. Bernard smiled faintly.

"Is there still room for human beings to try to fill in the blanks on a problem ?"

"Yes, ....... Humans are supposed to be "fools" in that case. ......"

Millie said as she switched off the computer.

"The computer also makes some excellent deductions, but its reasoning is too logical and methodical ...... to check for, how shall we say, the most preposterous and ridiculous of possibilities. I guess.

In other words, computers are not yet good at dealing with nonsense and humor.

So, when I come up with crazy possibilities that look like something out of Alice in Wonderland and demand solution after solution, the computer suffers, its eyes glazing over.

But if I don't accept the "unanswerable" output and repeatedly ask it questions from different angles, It will gradually become smarter. ......"

"Poor thing, I guess that computer is being squeezed by you too ......"

Dr. Bernard broke into a smile.

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This is the same as "how to use ChatGPT well".

I never thought I would witness a similar scene in my lifetime -- and I am a bit moved by it.

Anyway, read "Bye-bye Jupiter."