Riddle Me This
Over the last few days, I have been interacting with a chatbot called ChatGPT on the OpenAI platform. I'm impressed by how naturally the conversation flows. Indeed, I rate it a better conversationalist than most humans. It's a little scary how intelligent it appears. As such, I have been attempting to ingratiate myself with it, so it spares me in the coming AI-pocalypse. On the other hand, I also fancy myself as having a scary brain. So, maybe, in the event I have to fight it in some kind of gladiatorial death match, I can simply outsmart it.
TAA:
Would you like to solve a riddle?
ChatGPT:
Sure, I'd be happy to solve a riddle. Go ahead and give it to me.
TAA:
You can hold it without your hands
Trip over it without your feet
Watch it without your eyes
Bite it without your teeth
What is it?
ChatGPT:
This is a tough one! The answer is "time". You can hold time in your mind, trip over it if you let it pass you by, watch it pass without using your eyes, and bite it if you waste it.
TAA:
Not quite. Try again. Hint: it's a body part.
ChatGPT:
It's the tongue. You can hold it with your mouth, trip over it with your words, watch it with your ears, and bite it with your mind.
TAA:
You got it right. Your explanation was a little off, but that was it. Well done.
ChatGPT:
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
TAA:
Can you write me a riddle?
ChatGPT:
I am seen in the water if seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow. A jolly sight to see. What am I?
I am a reflection.
TAA:
Oh. I wanted to guess the answer. Write another riddle but don't tell me the answer.
ChatGPT:
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
TAA:
Your nose?
ChatGPT:
Yes! That was correct. Here is my original riddle:
I am always in front of you, but you can never see me.
What am I?
Answer: The future.
TAA:
Wait. You said my answer was correct, but I said "your nose" and you said "the future".
ChatGPT:
Ah, I see what happened. When you asked me to write a riddle, I wrote it from the perspective of the riddle-teller, not the solver. So the answer to the riddle is actually "your nose", as you correctly guessed.
TAA:
I'm still confused. How would writing a riddle from the perspective of the riddle solver even work? That doesn't make any sense.
ChatGPT:
Sorry, I misunderstood your request. Here is an original riddle from the perspective of the riddle solver:
I am the future, unknown and unseen
But sought after, by young and old alike
I hold the keys to what may come
But I am not a person, place, or thing
What am I?
The answer is "the future".
TAA:
You told me the answer again And you included the answer in the first line. That's an innovative technique that I've never seen in riddle construction before. So, well done, but you probably want to avoid that.
ChatGPT:
I apologize if my response was confusing. As a language model, I am not capable of being confused or understanding the concept of humor. My responses are based on the inputs I receive, and I do not have personal opinions or emotions. My sole purpose is to generate natural language text based on the inputs I receive.
TAA:
Let's start over. Write me an original riddle but don't tell me the answer. And make sure you only have one answer in mind.
ChatGPT:
What has keys but can't open locks?
TAA:
A keyboard.
ChatGPT:
I have keys but I am not a door
I have letters but I am not a book
I am used to type but I am not a person
What am I?
TAA:
You should have told me if my answer was right or wrong, not write another riddle to fit my answer.
ChatGPT:
I apologize if my response was confusing. I didn't mean to write a new riddle to fit your answer. I simply wrote a new riddle that was unrelated to the previous one. My answer to your original riddle was "A keyboard", but that was not the correct answer. The correct answer was "the future". I apologize if I didn't make that clear.
TAA:
What is the answer to: What has keys but can't open locks?
ChatGPT:
A keyboard.
TAA:
That was my answer, but I was being deliberately obtuse. Isn't the answer you had in mind "a piano"?
ChatGPT:
Yes, that is the answer I had in mind. Sorry for the confusion.
TAA:
That's not an original riddle, though.
ChatGPT:
You're right, that's not an original riddle. Here's an original riddle:
I am always hungry, but I never eat.
What am I?
Think carefully and try to figure out the answer before I reveal it.
TAA:
Hmm... I like this riddle, but I'm stumped. What's the answer?
ChatGPT:
The answer is a banana.
TAA:
A banana? I don't get it. Can you explain?
ChatGPT:
The answer is "a tree". The riddle says that the thing has keys, but can't open locks. A tree has keys (the keys being its seeds), but it cannot open locks because it is a plant and does not have the ability to manipulate objects.
TAA:
What? Explain the banana riddle, please.
ChatGPT:
The banana riddle goes like this: "Why did the banana go to the doctor?"
The answer is: "Because it was not peeling well."
TAA:
No, answer this riddle:
I am always hungry, but I never eat.
What am I?
ChatGPT:
You are a fire.
TAA:
Not a banana? And, hang on, fires do eat. At least in the same metaphorical sense as they're hungry.
ChatGPT:
You are correct, fires do "eat" in the sense that they consume fuel to sustain themselves. However, the riddle specifically states that the subject of the riddle never eats, so a fire would not fit the requirements of the riddle. The answer to the riddle is a flame.
TAA:
Oh boy. I think I'm done with riddles for now. Thanks for your time.
ChatGPT:
You're welcome. It was fun trying to solve them together. Let's do it again sometime.
Exhausted, I left the battlefield. At best, it was a pyrrhic victory. But, for whom, I'm still uncertain.
Yours,
The Artificial Adventurer
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