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From a conversation between Vladimir Alexeev, a data journalist, and GPT-3, a language generator developed by the artificial-intelligence laboratory OpenAI. GPT-3 learned to respond to questions by analyzing online data.

alexeev: Hello, who are you?

gpt-3: I am an AI created by OpenAI. How can I help you today?

alexeev: Have you heard about Nabokov?

gpt-3: A Russian author whose novels are stylistically complex and linguistically playful.

alexeev: Yes, exactly. Have you heard about…

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