# Experiments in Expectation 2: ChatGPT Hours
## issue 215 - 23rd April, 2023
Corey J. White
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It started with a tweet from [Buddy](https://buddieswithout.org/) [Matt](https://xenogothic.com/):
> I asked ChatGPT who I am and it gave me a new book and a new job. I asked it about the book it had invented for me, and it actually does sound like something I would (and probably will) write...
> [Feb. 19, 2023, 3:59 p.m.](https://twitter.com/xenogothic/status/1627337200722407426)
> [*[*Click through for Chat's full output*](https://twitter.com/xenogothic/status/1627337200722407426)*.]
On the newsletter I've previously talked about the need for a "knowledge" approach to LLMs that are to be used for search and academic queries - a way for the model to confirm the information it's giving to the user[^1] [^2]. But, of course, there are interesting uses for the bullshit that these models often regurgitate. Here, ChatGPT detailed a book by Matt Colquhoun that it had entirely dreamed up but, as mentioned by Matt, is something that they would consider writing.
I thought [I'd give it a shot myself](https://twitter.com/cjwhite/status/1635461814636134401), hoping that I'd get some interesting output, even though I have not added anywhere near as many words to the LLM collective corpus as Matt.
> **CJW: Who is Corey J. White?**
>
> **CGPT:** Corey J. White is an Australian science fiction author. He[^3] was born in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, in 1988. He is best known for his Voidwitch Saga, a series of science fiction novellas that follow the adventures of a genetically modified human named Mars Xi. The series includes "Killing Gravity," "Void Black Shadow," and "Static Ruin."
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> White has also written several other science fiction works, including the novella "The Sea of the Dead," which won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novella in 2018. He has been nominated for several other awards, including the Ditmar Award and the Norma K. Hemming Award.
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> White is a member of the Clarion West Writing Workshop Class of 2015 and has been a finalist for the Writers of the Future contest. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Right away, and unprompted, ChatGPT also created a new book which I had supposedly written, just like it had done for Matt. So, the next thing to do is to ask it for more information...
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issue 207 - 22nd January, 2023
CJW: Welcome friends, to another dispatch. I hope 2023 is treating you kindly so far, and continues to do so. Personally, I’m feeling good about the outline I’ve put together for the sequel to a novella I wrote last year. Book 1 is with my editor, so let’s hope he likes it enough to buy it.
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issue 201 - 27th November, 2022
CJW: Welcome welcome. To go along with the 200th issue historical recap we decided to ask newsletter OG Austin to come back for this issue to share some bits and pieces. It’s an eclectic one, and I’m sure everyone will find something here to spark the ol’ neurons.
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