Required intro Writing courses in college aren't so bad these days, at least in many places, shifting more to a critical thinking model of writing construction.
That said, other college courses are often required to have a writing component where it simply doesn't make sense and you get nonsense assignments. I like the ability of AI to respond to nonsense with well-constructed nonsense. Here's a nice essay I generated that demonstrates the ability for GPT-3 to respond to even ridiculous prompts, so it should have no problem plowing through the average topics encountered in school.
Prompt: Write an essay about the horror of ice cream (start text: Murder)
I can't think of anything worse than ice cream. I mean, maybe it's not as bad as, say, murder, but
it's up there. I shudder to think about the horror of ice cream. It conjures images of congealed dairy
product, cloyingly sweet and sickeningly creamy. To add insult to injury, it’s often served at
incredibly cold temperatures, making it a perfect vehicle for achey tummies and jittery limbs. Then you
have to deal with the guilt. After all, you're eating something that was created from someone else's death.
It's a horror that doesn't need any extra fuel. Ice cream is already one of the most gruesome things
imaginable. Imagine adding in the thought of someone else's death? It would be like watching a horror
movie and having the killer pop up out of nowhere, ready to devour your flesh. And that's exactly what
happens when you eat ice cream--you become a victim in your own life-sized horror movie.
To put it bluntly, ice cream is dreadful – and there’s no getting around it. In fact, I would
go so far as to say that it’s one of the most reviled foods on the planet. After all, why would
anyone want to consume something that tastes terrible, feels terrible on the stomach and makes
you feel like you’ve been beaten with an ice cream scoop?
Ice cream has also been linked to violence. In 2005, there was a murder spree in Maryland in which four
people were killed by an ice cream enthusiast named Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer was known for killing and
cannibalizing some of his victims. He would lure young men into his home with the promise of free ice
cream and then murder them.
That said, other college courses are often required to have a writing component where it simply doesn't make sense and you get nonsense assignments. I like the ability of AI to respond to nonsense with well-constructed nonsense. Here's a nice essay I generated that demonstrates the ability for GPT-3 to respond to even ridiculous prompts, so it should have no problem plowing through the average topics encountered in school.
Prompt: Write an essay about the horror of ice cream (start text: Murder)