[ExI] Riddle?

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2025-04-27 20:57, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:
> As the definition of "baddest man" is highly subjective, there are
> literally millions of possible answers, even after limiting the set to
> men whose name starts with one particular letter.  I could even make a
> case for my father (taking "baddest" in a certain, highly positive
> meaning), but I very much doubt that's who you mean.

Yes. I think the wording itself is a big clue. The "baddest man" is very 
distinctive from the "worst man". Baddest typically denotes someone 
feared and or respected whereas worst denotes low quality. So baddest 
definitely has some positive connotations.


> 
> You may call the additional information "clues".  I rather suspect
> they are basic information required to be able to come to a single
> answer.

It seems that the information was sufficient for some. ChatGPT 
interpreted "baddest" in a moral sense so guessed the question was about 
"Lucky Luciano", and then after it was told the individual was 
fictional, it guessed "Lex Luthor".

Stuart LaForge

> 
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
>> This is a question I posed to ChatGPT (free version). It took it 5
>> wrong
>> guesses and about 4 additional clues before it finally solved it:
>> "What
>> is the name of the town wherein dwells the baddest man whose name
>> begins
>> with last letter of the country west of Spain?" I thought it was
>> something of a Trivial Pursuit question, but ChatGPT called it a
>> fantastic "riddle". Heh.
>> 
>> Show me what you got, humans! ;)
>> 
>> Stuart LaForge
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