The intellectual might of A.I. machines is put to the test against the Neon Gutter crew in a battle for Las Vegas cheapskate supremacy. Can Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT give good advice to low-rollers? Is it friend or foe in the battle against resort fees, $24 cocktails, and triple-zero roulette?
Find out in this episode, where the leading A.I.s are asked the same questions we get asked (or ask ourselves), and we compare answers. You’ll learn which A.I.s hallucinate additional ponies on the Sigma Derby track, which is the most obsequious, the cheap meals it will send you out for but that don’t exist, and how woefully uninformed the machines are about magicians names Dirk.
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To the left is Grok’s imagined version of the Neon Gutter crew whooping it up at Sigma Derby, which it thinks is a lot like the board game “Risk.” Grok also thinks we can afford a neon sign, and that our basement isn’t already completely stuffed with jars full of canned fruits, ears, fingers, and antibiotic creams for the coming apocalypse. To the right is a few of the REAL Neon Gutter Crew at the only REAL operational Sigma Derby machine in the world. Sigma Derby should only ever be played in public spaces and with alcohol readily available.Left is ChatGPT’s imagined South Point Hotel ham and eggs late night special, complete with triangle toast and spaghetti hash browns piled high atop even more eggs. To the right is the REAL ham and eggs special. Real eggs, REAL ham, REAL toast, and REAL hash browns.To the left is ChatGPT’s hallucination of a late night walk in Las Vegas, past both a”UIAQUR” and “LIUDER” store. To the right is how walking south on Las Vegas Boulevard toward South Point REALLY looks. To the left is ChatGPT’s idea of what a Las Vegas magician named Dirk would be, including a deck of cards comprised sort of aces and a pompadour with enough foundation to support a skyscraper. To the right is Dirk Losander, a REAL Las Vegas magician, and an entertaining one at that. Catch his show at the Las Vegas Magic Theater.Gemini imagines Lucky Ned (the world’s foremost gambling authority) is a dusty old prospector who teaches others to play craps with four giant dice and a vaguely roulette-like felt. Matching ladies and men love this instruction, apparently. Or, at least, staring at each other’s hands. Inset upper right is the REAL Lucky Ned.This image is taken from the most recent photo we are authorized to use. Note that he is neither a prospector nor a hat-wearer. His real advice can be found at the Lucky Ned Incredisystem Winstitue.Here is Gemini’s imagined picture of Randy Shandis playing slots. Gemini thinks he’s playing the legendary BUG SOIRN machine, whose symbols are strictly lemons and 7s. This is a slot He is KNOWN to despise. Inset lower left is the most recent picture we have of the real Randy Shandis, taken from the pamphlet he gives to potential investors. As everyone knows, Mr. Shandis owns Randy Shandis Enterprises, and uses an iron fist to manage all its subsidiaries, such as the Neon Gutter.
