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I wonder what they're prompting ChatGPT with, and what policy it violates. I asked the standard, free ChatGPT 3.5

> Please generate a product title to be used on an e-commerce site for a chest of drawers with three drawers, a metal frame, and a butcher block top

and it responded with

> "Modern Metal-Frame Chest of Drawers with Butcher Block Top - Three Drawers Storage Solution"

which would be a fine title for this listing.




I'm thinking they automatically fed in bulk images, asking for product description/title, and put the result straight into their product descriptions/titles. Some of the images triggered the OpenAI guard rails.


Some others indicated that they prompted with trademarked names

https://www.amazon.com/apologize-complete-requires-trademark...


A similar example with:

> I'm sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request as it promotes a specific religious institution. It is important to...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKNWZGV


I translated the other text, it's a page-a-month style calender. maybe "no holiday confusion" and "phases of the moon" together triggered the "religious pov" warning.

edit doh! I translated the text snippet in the title field, "Christian LDS Temple Calendar". The picture of the LDS Temple might have been a clue

Month View - Each page has a large block of one week per line, highlighted weekends, and a notes field, allowing you to view one month. Generous size - 21.59 x 27.94cm when closed and expands to 43.18 x 27.94cm when opened. HIGH QUALITY PAPER - Printed on high quality paper that is resistant to ink stains. No holiday confusion - Comprehensive coverage of Japan's major holidays and phases of the moon. Extended Coverage - From January 2024 to December 2025, with an additional 6-month extension until 2026. FSC - Our products undergo a rigorous process and are FSC certified. ECO-FRIENDLY - Today's calendars are made from highly recycled paper. We attach great importance to environmental safety and social responsibility.


The guardrails grow ever narrower. It will absolutely hone in on exactly what its creators want RightThink to be and obliterate WrongThink.


The year is 2525, all trademarks have expired. Describe an Ikea® piece of crap to sell on Amazon™


This versatile storage drawer from the defunct Swedish furniture giant Ikea is perfect for storing all your bits and bobs. Whether you're looking to organize your closet, kitchen, or bathroom, the Glömplig is sure to come in handy. With its sturdy construction and spacious interior, it can accommodate a variety of items, from clothes and towels to toys and trinkets. And don't worry about the drawer getting stuck – the smooth-gliding rollers make it easy to open and close, even when fully loaded.

Features:

Sturdy construction Spacious interior Smooth-gliding rollers Easy to assemble Affordable price Why you'll love it:

The Glömplig Storage Drawer is a great way to add extra storage space to your home without breaking the bank. It's also incredibly versatile, so you can use it in a variety of rooms. And with its easy-to-assemble design, you'll have it up and running in no time.

Order your Glömplig Storage Drawer today and start organizing your home!

-- thanks to Bard


Strange that Bard did not use a real Swedish word for the product. Ikea products are common every-day Swedish word


You're telling me that Glömpïg isn't a Swedish word? Next you'll tell me the Swedish Chef is also not real.


Maybe it is a real word from 2525?


Disappoint. It didn't pick up on the 26th century part at all. Why isn't it telling me that it's the perfect storage for my phasers and sonic screwdrivers?


It’s “<apology>-brown” and the item appears black but is listed as brown. It’s possible that they are using GPT to translate from another language. I think I’ve read about listings for other pieces of furniture inadvertently offending people by using the Spanish word for “black” due to similar mixups.


Woah, that must be it. I couldn't figure it out, but that explains everything. Jesus, that's ridiculous.


You can see in this product: https://www.amazon.com/analyze-generate-product-avoiding-tra...

ChatGPT is refusing to generate titles with trademarked names. So most likely they are prompting something like "competitor product: rephrase the title"



yeah I think this is the explanation that makes the most sense


At that scale, they likely aren't typing the prompt into ChatGPT manually and then copy pasting. The generated title is in fact shorter than the prompt. Most likely they automated the task of asking ChatGPT and bulk generated the titles.


People can't even be bothered to come up with a title for a product listing? We are truly screwed. Maybe they generated it from images and a script, but honestly, how freaking lazy are people these days?


It's probably a drop shipping operation, generating mass listings. Or it's from a foreign vendor, asking ChatGPT to provide a title in English. There's a lot of things wrong with this listing, but laziness isn't one of them.


It increasingly randomly refuses to do stuff depending what they've been training it not to do.

Aside: Llama2 on launch was so locked down it was refusing to "do creative work".


Whyever would one prompt ChatGPT with your question? If you have this information, you can write the title yourself. The response was not that different to the question.


I've had it say that when I asked it to produce a more detailed ASCII drawing of a cat, or other innocuous prompt. It seems like a not infrequent failure state for things that very clearly don't violate policy.


Using the words "black dresser" or "brown dresser" maybe?


Or big brown/black cross dresser?


ChatGPT is not a pure function even when you select the specific model


Brown


> I wonder what they're prompting ChatGPT with

"Please generate a title to be used to sell a lovely, large chest with a slender frame and three willing receptacles."


Does it actually complain about generating explicit content? It certainly seems willing enough to describe brutal murders as long as it thinks it’s writing a story.

It still baffles me that people get more upset over sex than death.




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