“Charot Lang!”: Turns Out ChatGPT Knows How to Speak in Bekimon
"Wala akong jowa dahil hindi naman ako tao."
(SPOT.ph) We are now at a point where tech giants are calling to pause AI development in fear of its “profound risks to society and humanity.” Yet with all these dystopian possibilities, people have hilariously found one proof that technology can just plain be silly.
Former magazine editor Pola del Monte has found that ChatGPT can speak in Bekimon, the gay lingo that has Pinoy pop culture in a chokehold. What followed pleasantly surprised del Monte.
“As a writer, I follow AI trends closely, but shutakels I did not expect this!” del Monte wrote in her Instagram post.
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ChatGPT speaks in Bekimon
It turns out that ChatGPT can’t just speak in Bekimon—it’s fluent in it, too! Just take a look at the del Monte's conversation with the chatbot below.
You might be thinking: how did Del Monte even think of conversing with ChatGPT in Bekimon?
“We’ve been studying ChatGPT in my class at Harvard so I use the app often,” del Monte told SPOT.ph. “I think I tried to be more conversational with it. When I spoke Tagalog, nagrespond. Diyan ko tinry ‘yung speak to me in Bekimon.”
On several occasions, ChatGPT would switch back to English to adopt a more serious tone like it was trained to have as a chatbot assistant. Del Monte had to encourage ChatGPT to repeat what it just said but in Bekimon version.
“You know what’s funny? ‘Yung regular Tagalog niya is not very good. Parang hindi natural,” del Monte told SPOT.ph. “Pero bakit itong ganito-kaspecific na registers parang nag-eexcel si accla?”
She was right. On the opposite end of the spectrum, ChatGPT is amusing university students online with another socialect that is exclusive in the Philippines: the ability to speak like a conyo Atenean girl. The prompt? Pretend to be irritated with how long delivery is taking for your Starbucks order to arrive.
It’s stereotypical at best, but none can deny how well ChatGPT can code-switch!
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