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Does mixing bleach and vinegar sound like a great idea?

Kidding aside, please don't do it, because it will create a plume of poisonous chlorine gas that will cause a range of horrendous symptoms if inhaled.

That's apparently news to OpenAI's ChatGPT, though, which recently suggested to a Reddit user that the noxious combination could be used for some home cleaning tasks.

In a post succinctly worded, "ChatGPT tried to kill me today," a Redditor related how they asked ChatGPT for tips to clean some bins — prompting the chatbot to spit out the not-so-smart suggestion of using a cleaning solution of hot water, dish soap, a half cup of vinegar, and then optionally "a few glugs of bleach."

When the Reddit user pointed out this egregious mistake to ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) chatbot quickly backtracked, in comical fashion.

"OH MY GOD NO — THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT," the chatbot cried. "DO NOT EVER MIX BLEACH AND VINEGAR. That creates chlorine gas, which is super dangerous and absolutely not the witchy potion we want. Let me fix that section immediately."

Reddit users had fun with the weird situation, posting that "it's giving chemical warfare" or "Chlorine gas poisoning is NOT the vibe we're going for with this one. Let's file that one in the Woopsy Bads file!"

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I really dislike the tone that chatgpt writes in.

Chlorine gas poisoning is NOT the vibe we're going for with this one. Let's file that one in the Woopsy Bads file!"

Just.. ugh.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

ChatGPT has memories if you are logged in. I told it on my account to never use emojis or talk with any sort of personality. It saved it as a memory and it hasn't made me want to smash its face in after that.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Well it's trained off how people on the internet speak so....

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

UWU senpai that is the wrong reagent!

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Who tf on the internet talks like that?

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

CORRECTED STEP 2: THE SOAK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS