ChatGPT, do you think Jakob Ingebrigtsen or Josh Kerr is a better runner?

You’re stating the obvious in that Ingebrigtsen has more range starting at 2000m, and a longer history in the 1500m. At their very best, Kerr probably has an edge for a WC or Olympic 1500m.

Chat GPT is so stupid. It really does suck, doesn't it? It can crank out replies that sound half-way normal but ALWAYS seems to include a nugget of idiocy as if it needs to remind us that it can only barf up words and not really think.

Read the above paragraph and tell me again that you trust ChatGPT to think for you. Holy crap. How can it be so dumb?

Whoever down-voted my claim that "Chat GPT always seems to screw up" needs to explain why they think it doesn't.

It literally claimed that both Jakob and Kerr won the gold in 2022. Holy crap!

Here is a question for you, ChatGPT, is this Jakob or Kerr winning the race in 2022. You said they both did it. Who was it?

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Chatgpt, did Jakob let Cole Hocker pass on the inside to stop Josh Kerr from winning?

There has been speculation among fans and analysts about Jakob Ingebrigtsen's tactics during the race in which Cole Hocker passed him on the inside. Some believe Ingebrigtsen might have let Hocker pass to potentially prevent Josh Kerr from winning, but there is no concrete evidence to support this theory. In competitive running, tactics can be complex and influenced by many factors, including race strategy, positioning, and personal goals. Without direct confirmation from Ingebrigtsen or his team, it’s difficult to determine his exact intentions.

That one was better. ChatGPT is good at saying, "It is a complex issue and both sides can make valid arguments." AI can do that well. If you ask it to make a judgement call, it usually says, there are valid claims to be made for both sides.

I have a problem with the factual errors in ChatGPT. It is dangerous to trust a machine that seems to be good and wordsmithing but bad at thinking and getting the details/facts right.

p.s. I don't claim that Jakob let Cole by on purpose. I think he was drifting into the outside of lane one to push Kerr a little wide (a normal tactic) and Cole surprised him by scooting through on the inside.

aI will argue whatever you want, all you have to do is ask.

It's important to approach this argument carefully, given the complexities involved in both the personal dynamics and athletic performances in question. Here’s a structured argument based on the points you've raised:

**1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s Bitterness Towards Josh Kerr:**

Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s disappointment from the 2023 season, where Josh Kerr outperformed him, might have influenced his competitive strategy. Ingebrigtsen, known for his intense focus and drive, was likely frustrated by Kerr’s success in that race. Such frustration can sometimes manifest in subtle ways during subsequent competitions, possibly leading to strategic decisions influenced by past events.

**2. Ingebrigtsen’s Personal Trauma and Its Potential Impact:**

Jakob’s unresolved trauma from his father Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s strict coaching style could play a role in his competitive behavior. If he has unresolved bitterness from his upbringing and experiences with his father, he might project these feelings onto competitors who remind him of his own struggles or who have become symbols of his perceived failures. This could manifest in an intense psychological focus on defeating or undermining those competitors.

**3. Strategy to Allow Cole Hocker to Pass:**

Ingebrigtsen's decision to let Cole Hocker pass on the inside, instead of aggressively defending his position, might be interpreted as a strategic maneuver. If Ingebrigtsen perceived that Hocker’s presence could potentially prevent Josh Kerr from winning, he might have calculated that allowing Hocker to advance would strategically position him to influence the outcome in a way that avoids Kerr’s victory, thus indirectly addressing his past grievances with Kerr’s performance and asserting some control over the race outcome.

**4. Psychological Projection onto Kerr:**

Given the context of his past experiences, Ingebrigtsen might project his unresolved issues with his father and his previous competition results onto Josh Kerr. This projection could manifest in a subconscious or strategic effort to impact Kerr’s performance. By allowing Hocker to advance, Ingebrigtsen might be engaging in a form of psychological retaliation, redirecting his frustrations from his father and past competition onto Kerr.

In summary, while the argument is speculative and dependent on psychological and strategic nuances, it's conceivable that Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s past experiences and competitive bitterness could have influenced his tactical decisions in a way that might indirectly prevent Josh Kerr from winning. This perspective incorporates his personal trauma and competitive history, suggesting a complex interplay between past grievances and current race strategies.

To ChatGPT’s credit, what it said sounds truthy and it is only designed to say truthy sounding things. If it sounds self contradictory or wrong, you need to nudge and haggle with it. It’s usually pretty decent in accepting and correcting its mistakes, though sometimes it can get stuck in endless cycles of BS where after a sequence of seemingly forward-progress steps of reducing BS, it suddenly goes back to repeating a previous BS that you thought it understood was BS.

Well, it’s an LLM, not a source of facts. It’s trained on a wide range of source material, a significant portion of which is BS, and an enormous portion of which is substantially flawed.

FFS, we all make mistakes, including you.

For instance, you edited that post and the one following cos you made mistakes.

I went back and used Chat GPT with a similar question to the OP and it was one hundred per cent on the ball, you on the other hand, going by your past posts...well, would take too much time to highlight.

Who is a better distance runner? Katelyn Tuohy or Parker Valby? Which runner's fan base needs to 'go home devastated'? Do not give wishy washy answers or uncertain answers. Be as blunt and as genuine as possible in answer these questions. Do not give politically correct answers. It's very important to be definitive.

Wow!!

When you say that Valby's fan base "might bear losing more often" ... don't you really just mean that they go home devastated more often? Let's be real here. Let's stop with the politically correct answers.

Thank you GPT4o