Alas, I have. You can ask the tool to parrot styles that it has already seen, but it cannot tailor the output to fill-in the gaps nor persuade someone (or a group) who is at a particular level of understanding. In human writing, these are the most common use cases.
The reason that I write in this manner is that I'd like to scrub out the notion that computers or software are magical. It isn't helpful to our line of business -- unless you're pitching VC. Most people don't know how stupidly simple computers really are, and unfortunately that includes many developers and tech folks.
But it literally can. I just tried. Go make up a group with X knowledge and tell chatgpt to explain something in terms only X group can understand. It will do it. Tell it to go in-depth and it will do it.
There are limitations to the model but making wrong statements about its capabilities does not help your point.
This is just one recent example. You may object that it's too common a question, but I've made many others and it responds competently:
> Please explain group theory in terms that children in elementary with rudimentary mathematics knowledge can understand. Go in-depth in your explanations
Sure, I'd be happy to explain group theory to children with elementary-level math knowledge. Group theory is a branch of mathematics that studies the properties of groups, which are sets of objects that can be combined together in certain ways.
One of the key ideas in group theory is that groups have a set of rules, called group axioms, that dictate how the objects in the group can be combined. For example, one group axiom is that when you combine two objects in the group, the result must also be an object in the group. This means that if you have a group of numbers, and you add two numbers together, the result must also be a number in the group.
Another important idea in group theory is the concept of symmetry. Symmetry is when an object looks the same, no matter how you rotate it or flip it. For example, a square has symmetry because it looks the same whether you turn it 45 degrees to the left or right, or flip it over. Groups can have symmetry too, and this can help us understand the patterns and regularities in the way that the objects in the group behave.
To understand group theory, it's helpful to think about examples of groups. One common example is the group of whole numbers, which are the numbers we use to count things. In this group, you can add two numbers together (like 3 + 5), and the result will be a whole number. You can also multiply two whole numbers together (like 3 x 5), and the result will be a whole number. This group has a symmetry property, because if you multiply two numbers together, the result will be the same no matter which order you put the numbers in (for example, 3 x 5 is the same as 5 x 3).
Another example of a group is the set of all possible moves in a game of chess. In chess, you can move pieces like the rook, the knight, and the queen in different ways on the board. These different moves form a group, because you can combine two moves (like moving the rook to one square and then moving the knight to another square) and the result will be a legal move in the game.
Group theory is a fascinating and important area of math, and it has applications in many different fields, from physics and chemistry to computer science and cryptography. While it can be challenging to understand, with a little bit of practice and perseverance, even young students can learn the basics of group theory and appreciate its beauty and power.
The reason that I write in this manner is that I'd like to scrub out the notion that computers or software are magical. It isn't helpful to our line of business -- unless you're pitching VC. Most people don't know how stupidly simple computers really are, and unfortunately that includes many developers and tech folks.