I’ve been asking it complex questions that involve tons of context and conjecture as a way to test it out.

One question was “how would the world be different if the Roman Empire had discovered gun powder?”. It said that it’s impossible to know for sure, but that it would have likely led to an even more militarily and politically dominant Empire than it already was, that it would likely have been able to expand its borders even further, that it would have potentially profited financially by producing hun powder as an export, and that it may have been able to last much longer as an empire due to its military advantage.

This impressed me because all of those statements are very reasonable and I agree with them, plus compared to a google search they’re light years ahead.

I also asked it what Diogenes the Cynic would think about the modern world, and it said that it’s impossible to know for sure but that he would likely be upset by it. The rationale was that the modern world is consumer driven, with large class distinctions, and a life that is very far from our “natural” state. These are all the things that Diogenes railed against, even in ancient times, which have only gotten more severe and widespread.

This also impressed me because that answer requires context/understanding of a philosopher’s thought process in ancient times, his attitude about his own times according to his thought process, then how our current times relate to his ancient times, and finally an extrapolation of his thought process on our current times based on the difference between ancient&current times.

Again I agreed with its outcome and walked away impressed.