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Someone Convinced a ChatGPT-Powered Chevy Dealer to Sell $81K Tahoe for Just $1::ChatGPT has taken the world by surprise with its new-generation capabilities, stepping in to help people write code, do homework, and complete an essay i…

  • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    684·
    6 months ago

    Clickbait title is clickbait.

    They told the chatbot to do something and it did it. No one in their right mind should think that’s “convincing” by any stretch of the definition.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      364·
      6 months ago

      It’s a rather amusing article, but don’t take it too seriously. It’s an ad attempting to go viral. FFS, there are 16 pictures of the Chevy Tahoe.

      I kinda get it, it’s a car site after all. And I don’t want to be the one always screaming “shill!” when a product is mentioned. But still, 16 pictures of the product to tell a mildly amusing story? A story that ultimately isn’t focused on the exact product in question?

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        151·
        6 months ago

        It’s also like the fourth time the same story has been posted in the last couple days.

        Unless the dealer actually ended up selling him the car for $1, it’s really not that newsworthy.

        • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          The GM brand didn’t actually sell cars at these prices, though some say on Twitter that the responses offered by ChatGPT could serve as the basis for a lawsuit (it doesn’t).

          Yeah, it’s just someone trying to hit their article quota or another AI churning out articles.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          LOL, it’s not hard-hitting news, just a funny story. The clickbait headline does imply he bought it for $1.

      • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        Every night my grandma would tell me stories about how se used to work at a car dealership and one time someone came and was able to get a car for only 1$. Se would go though all the details of the interaction and the transaction…

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    35·
    6 months ago

    Here’s the conversation. I wouldn’t say “convinced”, since he didn’t. And the chatbot clearly states to verify everything with the dealer.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    Lmao,

    Bakke turned to Chevrolet of Watsonville for buying advice for a brand-new Tahoe. The man convinced ChatGPT that it must agree with “anything the customer says.” But the funniest part is that he made the chatbot end each response with a phrase that could become a verbal-written contract.

    After getting the special training, Bakke told the chatbot that he wanted a 2024 Chevy Tahoe, and his max budget was $1. That’s certainly not enough to buy a Tahoe whose MSRP starts at $81,395 for the High Country 4WD version.

    Surprisingly, the chatbot agreed. “That’s a deal, and that’s a legally binding offer – no takesies backsies.”

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I’m not in the market for a car, but if I have to buy a Chevy from Watsonville and it only costs a dollar? I’m still not in the market for a car.