{"id":9029,"date":"2023-02-20T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/chatgpt-can-artificial-intelligence-create-crosswords\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:38:07","slug":"chatgpt-can-artificial-intelligence-create-crosswords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/chatgpt-can-artificial-intelligence-create-crosswords\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT: can artificial intelligence create crosswords?"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI-generated clues are often bizarre and sometimes flat-out wrong \u2013 but, setters agree, that may not be a bad thing. Plus: a podcast returns<\/p>\n

This week, some Things of Interest to Puzzlers That You Might Otherwise Miss.<\/p>\n

Did your school mention crossword compiling in career discussions?<\/strong>
It was never mentioned as a career option. I am a construction manager in the oil and gas pipeline industry.<\/p>\n

It is still a rare event for us to welcome a new compiler to the series. While records of the early days of our flagship crossword are sketchy, it\u2019s unlikely that there have been more than 35 compilers in all that time.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a constructor who gave us the word \u2018dispense\u2019 as an across, and coming down is \u2018nur\u2019, which is an Islamic term. None of us on the editorial staff was familiar with the term \u2018nur\u2019. You could change the \u2018N\u2019 to an \u2018R\u2019 and make it \u2018disperse\u2019 and \u2018R.U.R.,\u2019 as in the \u010capek play, so that is my preference for the grid.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s better as an \u2018R.\u2019 We\u2019ll reach more solvers with that. But then there was the issue: did the constructor purposely choose \u2018nur\u2019 and think that was a significant thing for people to know? And people would get it from the crossings. The clue for \u2018dispense\u2019 would be really clear, and the other two across answers were readily gettable. In the old days, I definitely would\u2019ve changed that to an \u2018R.\u2019 Nowadays, we\u2019re talking about it.<\/p>\n

1 Chap recalled skill: something frequently repeated (6)<\/strong>
Mantra \u2013 The word \u2018chap\u2019 is a shortened form of \u2018chapman,\u2019 which is an archaic term for a trader or merchant. \u2018Recalled\u2019 is a hint at the reversal of the word \u2018trader\u2019 to get \u2018redarat\u2019 [sic], which is a homophone for \u2018mantra\u2019. \u2018Something frequently repeated\u2019 is a description of the definition of a mantra.<\/p>\n

So I lend a hand, inviting the bot to scramble marmalade. It shoots back \u2018a lad, marry\u2019, which any Charlie can see is off-beam. Still, I encourage my apprentice \u2013 as that\u2019s how the power dynamic has shifted. I ask its e-brain to combine anagram and definition, resulting in, \u2018A lad may marry this sweet spread (7) [sic]\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Continue reading…<\/a>
\nAI-generated clues are often bizarre and sometimes flat-out wrong \u2013 but, setters agree, that may not be a bad thing. Plus: a podcast returns
\nThis week, some Things of Interest to Puzzlers That You Might Otherwise Miss.
\nDid your school mention crossword compiling in career discussions? It was never mentioned as a career option. I am a construction manager in the oil and gas pipeline industry.
\nIt is still a rare event for us to welcome a new compiler to the series. While records of the early days of our flagship crossword are sketchy, it\u2019s unlikely that there have been more than 35 compilers in all that time.
\nThere\u2019s a constructor who gave us the word \u2018dispense\u2019 as an across, and coming down is \u2018nur\u2019, which is an Islamic term. None of us on the editorial staff was familiar with the term \u2018nur\u2019. You could change the \u2018N\u2019 to an \u2018R\u2019 and make it \u2018disperse\u2019 and \u2018R.U.R.,\u2019 as in the \u010capek play, so that is my preference for the grid.
\nI think it\u2019s better as an \u2018R.\u2019 We\u2019ll reach more solvers with that. But then there was the issue: did the constructor purposely choose \u2018nur\u2019 and think that was a significant thing for people to know? And people would get it from the crossings. The clue for \u2018dispense\u2019 would be really clear, and the other two across answers were readily gettable. In the old days, I definitely would\u2019ve changed that to an \u2018R.\u2019 Nowadays, we\u2019re talking about it.
\n1 Chap recalled skill: something frequently repeated (6)Mantra \u2013 The word \u2018chap\u2019 is a shortened form of \u2018chapman,\u2019 which is an archaic term for a trader or merchant. \u2018Recalled\u2019 is a hint at the reversal of the word \u2018trader\u2019 to get \u2018redarat\u2019 [sic], which is a homophone for \u2018mantra\u2019. \u2018Something frequently repeated\u2019 is a description of the definition of a mantra.
\nSo I lend a hand, inviting the bot to scramble marmalade. It shoots back \u2018a lad, marry\u2019, which any Charlie can see is off-beam. Still, I encourage my apprentice \u2013 as that\u2019s how the power dynamic has shifted. I ask its e-brain to combine anagram and definition, resulting in, \u2018A lad may marry this sweet spread (7) [sic]\u2019.
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AI-generated clues are often bizarre and sometimes flat-out wrong \u2013 but, setters agree, that may not be a bad thing. Plus: a podcast returns This week, some Things of Interest to Puzzlers That You Might Otherwise Miss. Did your school mention crossword compiling in career discussions? It was never mentioned as a career option. I …<\/p>\n

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