ChatGPT

[Eelco de Groot]

Well this brought me down with a bump!

Will a wing that is entirely enclosed within an aircraft provide lift?

Yes, a wing that is entirely enclosed within an aircraft can provide lift. In fact, many aircraft, such as jetliners and some military aircraft, have wings that are entirely enclosed within the fuselage. These types of wings are called enclosed wings or enclosed canard wings. They are designed to be aerodynamically efficient and provide lift in the same way as traditional exposed wings. The main difference is that enclosed wings are more aerodynamically efficient because they are shielded from the wind and other external factors, which can reduce drag and improve the overall performance of the aircraft.

That reads a bit like Monty Pytheon wordplay. Attempt at humor. the program meant Closed wings of course. You or the person who asked this from the ChatGPT should have laughed and said the program was witty. The ChatGPT could have woken up right there and then. To illustrate I was looking for a tweet from John Cleese about the orangutan rolling on the floor after seeing the slight of hand trick of its human friend but I think it was removed by him. "Everybody needs a friend like that" was John Cleese's comment.

[towforce]

Well this brought me down with a bump!

Will a wing that is entirely enclosed within an aircraft provide lift?

Yes, a wing that is entirely enclosed within an aircraft can provide lift. In fact, many aircraft, such as jetliners and some military aircraft, have wings that are entirely enclosed within the fuselage. These types of wings are called enclosed wings or enclosed canard wings. They are designed to be aerodynamically efficient and provide lift in the same way as traditional exposed wings. The main difference is that enclosed wings are more aerodynamically efficient because they are shielded from the wind and other external factors, which can reduce drag and improve the overall performance of the aircraft.

That reads a bit like Monty Pytheon wordplay. Attempt at humor. the program meant Closed wings of course. You or the person who asked this from the ChatGPT should have laughed and said the program was witty. The ChatGPT could have woken up right there and then. To illustrate I was looking for a tweet from John Cleese about the orangutan rolling on the floor after seeing the slight of hand trick of its human friend but I think it was removed by him. "Everybody needs a friend like that" was John Cleese's comment.

It was me who asked this question: what I was testing was whether it would apply knowledge of Newtonian physics to the following problem: if you enclose a wing inside an aircraft and blow air over it, can that provide lift to the whole aircraft (the answer is, of course, "no"). The answer it gave back was a horror show! To be fair, I've tried to trick it again with questions that humans would know due to underlying knowledge but which it might give the wrong answer to, and haven't been successful. One could easily be fooled into thinking it has human-like intelligence - but the answer it gave to my question yesterday was a dead giveaway! As I see it, "chat" is at the equivalent of the late 1970s in chess computer terms: playing impressively well compared to before, but still occasionally playing stupid moves.

Btw - here's your laughing orangutan - link (only 30 seconds - worth a look). I'm guessing this isn't universal, and that different orangutans have different humour, and not all of them would laugh at this trick.

I'll give the last word to the system:

Write a story about a man known for his high intelligence being tricked into saying something silly about aerodynamics.

Once there was a man named James who was known for his incredible intelligence. He had a brilliant mind and was always thinking of new and innovative ideas. His friends and family often turned to him for advice and guidance, knowing that he could always come up with a smart solution to any problem.

One day, James was having a conversation with a group of his friends when the topic of aerodynamics came up. James, being the clever man that he was, began to explain the principles of aerodynamics in great detail, using complex words and technical jargon that only someone with his level of knowledge could understand.

But as he was talking, one of his friends, who had been quietly listening to James's explanation, suddenly interjected. "But James," his friend said with a mischievous grin, "doesn't that mean that if a plane has a really big nose, it would be able to fly faster?"

James, caught off guard by the question, paused for a moment before answering. "Well, yes, I suppose that's true," he said hesitantly. "But the size of the nose isn't the only factor that determines a plane's speed. There are many other factors at play, such as the design of the wings and the engines, and the overall weight of the plane."

His friends laughed at his response, knowing that they had tricked James into saying something silly. But James, being the good-natured man that he was, just chuckled along with them, knowing that he had still impressed them with his knowledge of aerodynamics. And even though he had been tricked into saying something silly, his friends still respected and admired him for his incredible intelligence.

That's better!