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<blockquote data-quote="J.Quondam" data-source="post: 9089879" data-attributes="member: 7030100">Yes, exactly. We already know an LLM &quot;understands&quot; the relation between horses, quadripeds, horns and all that based on the huge amount training text.&nbsp; The feat is getting from that internal text-based representation of &quot;unicorniness&quot; to an image, without ever training on images.Near as I can imagine, it's like reading a bunch of material about unicorns - and all relevant adjacent topics - to a blind person, then having that blind person draw a unicorn.Probably nothing more interesting than asking a human to draw a squonk, I suppose?So I asked Chat GPT about &quot;squonk&quot;. Turns out it's a type of e-cigarette. Then I clarified I wanted the creature, so it talked about some cryptid in Pennsylvania. Then I asked it draw an ASCII image on one, and it drew...well, something, which I'm posting only because it made me chuckle:[SPOILER=&quot;an ASCII&nbsp; image of a squonk that may or may not offend Eric's grandma&quot;]Me: could you draw a squonk using ascii characters?ChatGPT: Of course! Here's an attempt at representing a Squonk using ASCII characters:[code]python&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .-'''-.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; /&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; \&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; |__&nbsp;&nbsp; __|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; .-'&nbsp; '-.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /_________\&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .:_:_.-:_:_:.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | o&nbsp;&nbsp; (_)&nbsp;&nbsp; o |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp; _______&nbsp; |&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | .-'&nbsp; 12 `-.|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; |/&nbsp;&nbsp; 8&nbsp; _&nbsp; 3&nbsp; \&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; |\_._&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ___..-\&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; _.--':&nbsp; |&nbsp; |'''&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | '---._&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; /&nbsp;&nbsp; _&nbsp;&nbsp; \.-'\&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /.-'&nbsp;&nbsp; `\&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; \____\____\&nbsp; \_ ___ ___/ /______/&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; `. 8 8&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; \________/&nbsp; | 8 8 .'&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; `.__.__/&nbsp; |&nbsp; __&nbsp; __&nbsp; | '__.'&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; `-.__.-'&nbsp;&nbsp; `'&nbsp; `'&nbsp; `-.[/code]Please note that creating detailed ASCII art can be quite challenging, and the depiction above is a simple representation of a Squonk. ASCII art is a creative and fun way to use text characters to create images, but its complexity is limited by the constraints of the characters themselves.[/SPOILER].</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J.Quondam, post: 9089879, member: 7030100"] Yes, exactly. We already know an LLM "understands" the relation between horses, quadripeds, horns and all that based on the huge amount training text. The feat is getting from that internal text-based representation of "unicorniness" to an image, without ever training on images. Near as I can imagine, it's like reading a bunch of material about unicorns - and all relevant adjacent topics - to a blind person, then having that blind person draw a unicorn. Probably nothing more interesting than asking a human to draw a squonk, I suppose? So I asked Chat GPT about "squonk". Turns out it's a type of e-cigarette. Then I clarified I wanted the creature, so it talked about some cryptid in Pennsylvania. Then I asked it draw an ASCII image on one, and it drew...well, [I]something[/I], which I'm posting only because it made me chuckle: [SPOILER="an ASCII image of a squonk that may or may not offend Eric's grandma"] Me: could you draw a squonk using ascii characters? ChatGPT: Of course! Here's an attempt at representing a Squonk using ASCII characters: [code] python .-'''-. / \ |__ __| | | | .-' '-. /_________\ .:_:_.-:_:_:. | o (_) o | | _______ | | .-' 12 `-.| |/ 8 _ 3 \ |\_._ ___..-\ _.--': | |''' | '---._ / _ \.-'\ /.-' `\ \____\____\ \_ ___ ___/ /______/ `. 8 8 | \________/ | 8 8 .' `.__.__/ | __ __ | '__.' `-.__.-' `' `' `-. [/code] Please note that creating detailed ASCII art can be quite challenging, and the depiction above is a simple representation of a Squonk. ASCII art is a creative and fun way to use text characters to create images, but its complexity is limited by the constraints of the characters themselves. [/SPOILER] . [/QUOTE]

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