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On 4/6/2023 7:58 AM, Richmond wrote:
> bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 4/6/2023 7:30 AM, Richmond wrote:
>>> I skimmed through the UCB Logo manual, but didn't see any examples of
>>> programs to draw pictures. All I could remember of Logo was Acornsoft
>>> Logo.
>>> Then I though, why not ask ChatGPT to write a program to draw a
>>> square?
>>> and it did.
>>> Here is an example I wrote to use the square:
>>> to square :size
>>>     repeat 4 [fd :size lt 90]
>>>     end
>>> to poly :size
>>>      repeat 36 [square :size lt 10]
>>>      end
>>> (Tested with QLogo).
>>
>> How impressive.  ChatGPT is just as smart as a six year old.
>>
> 
> Do you think a six year old could make sense of the UCB Logo manual? I
> don't.
> 

Probably not.  But you don't have to read bad documentation to learn how
to use a language.  My daughter did Logo when she was six and so did my
grandson.  It really takes very little knowledge "to square".

People need to get over ChatGPT.  To paraphtase someone with a lot
more experience than most of the people in the business today, it is
little more than Eliza warmed over.

bill

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