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ChatGPT has been making headlines since its release. Be it generating business ideas or writing recommendation letters or simply creating an AI-powered clock that displays poems, people have been testing the power of this AI chatbot in different ways. One such experiment was conducted machine learning engineer Santiago who used it to have a conversation with a robot dog. He also recorded his interaction and shared the video on Twitter.

The image is taken from the video that shows a man talking to robot dog Spot using ChatGPT.(Twitter/@svpino)

“We integrated ChatGPT with our robots. We had a ton of fun building this!” he tweeted. He added more about the experiment in the thread. “These robots run automated missions every day. Each mission uses miles-long, hard-to-understand configuration files. Only technical people can handle them. At the end of each mission, the robots capture a ton of data. There’s no simple way to query all of it on demand,” he added.
“That’s where ChatGPT comes in. We show it the configuration files and the mission results. We then ask questions using that context. Put that together with a voice-enabled interface, and we have an awesome way to query our data!” he explained. He further tweeted, “We can now ask the robots about past and future missions and get an answer in real-time. ChatGPT interprets the question, parses the files, and formulates the answer.”
The video opens to show Santiago explaining what he is going to do. He then adds how they used ChatGPT so that the robot dog called Spot could answer certain questions. He, along with another researcher, also demonstrates the ability of the robot.
Take a look at the Twitter video:

The video was posted on April 25. Since being shared, the video has gone viral. Till now, the clip has accumulated close to 1.1 million views and the numbers are only increasing. Additionally, the share has gathered tons of likes and comments. While some exxpressed their amazement, a few said that it shows a “scary” future.Here’s how Twitter users reacted:“This is so cool,” posted a Twitter user. “Wow. Amazing,” shared another. “Wild times we live in. Truly incredible,” commented a third. “I appreciate your research and work, but I just don’t think we should be connecting bots to GPT at this juncture…even in this limited context,” expressed a fourth. “Future looks scary,” wrote a fifth.