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Hi guys,
I have heard a lot of claims about ChatGPT and how it is going to put a lot of people out of work. I have a friend who is a teacher of humanities and he is fearful of losing his job in the long term. People seem to be in awe at the thing and think it understand what is saying. So I decided to give it a go with a simple problem in Special Relativity and see what it comes out. It's funny because of the contrast between the authoritative tone it uses and the load of crap it produces. Judge for yourselves!
Q: An observer A sees a second observer B move along the x-axis at 90% of the speed of light. B sees an object O move along the y-axis at 80% of the speed of light. What is the speed and direction of O as measured by A?
A: To find the speed and direction of object O as measured by observer A, we can use the relativistic velocity addition formula:
v' = (v + u) / (1 + vu/c^2)
where v is the velocity of observer B relative to observer A along the x-axis (0.9c), u is the velocity of object O relative to observer B along the y-axis (0.8c), and c is the speed of light.
Substituting these values into the formula, we get:
v' = (0.9c + 0.8c) / (1 + 0.9c * 0.8c/c^2) = 1.64c / 1.72 = 0.9535c
Therefore, object O is moving at a speed of 0.9535 times the speed of light as measured by observer A. To determine the direction of O's motion as measured by observer A, we can use the Lorentz transformation equations as before:
x' = γ(x - vt)
y' = y
z' = γ(z - vt)
t' = γ(t - vx/c^2)
Since observer B sees object O moving only along the y-axis, we can set x = z = 0 in the transformation equations. Solving for y' and t', we get:
y' = y
t' = γ(t - vx/c^2)
Therefore, object O is moving perpendicular to the x-axis in observer A's frame of reference, i.e., along the y-axis. The negative sign in the previous answer indicates that O is moving in the opposite direction to B's motion along the x-axis, so we can conclude that object O is moving in the negative y-direction as measured by observer A.
I have heard a lot of claims about ChatGPT and how it is going to put a lot of people out of work. I have a friend who is a teacher of humanities and he is fearful of losing his job in the long term. People seem to be in awe at the thing and think it understand what is saying. So I decided to give it a go with a simple problem in Special Relativity and see what it comes out. It's funny because of the contrast between the authoritative tone it uses and the load of crap it produces. Judge for yourselves!
Q: An observer A sees a second observer B move along the x-axis at 90% of the speed of light. B sees an object O move along the y-axis at 80% of the speed of light. What is the speed and direction of O as measured by A?
A: To find the speed and direction of object O as measured by observer A, we can use the relativistic velocity addition formula:
v' = (v + u) / (1 + vu/c^2)
where v is the velocity of observer B relative to observer A along the x-axis (0.9c), u is the velocity of object O relative to observer B along the y-axis (0.8c), and c is the speed of light.
Substituting these values into the formula, we get:
v' = (0.9c + 0.8c) / (1 + 0.9c * 0.8c/c^2) = 1.64c / 1.72 = 0.9535c
Therefore, object O is moving at a speed of 0.9535 times the speed of light as measured by observer A. To determine the direction of O's motion as measured by observer A, we can use the Lorentz transformation equations as before:
x' = γ(x - vt)
y' = y
z' = γ(z - vt)
t' = γ(t - vx/c^2)
Since observer B sees object O moving only along the y-axis, we can set x = z = 0 in the transformation equations. Solving for y' and t', we get:
y' = y
t' = γ(t - vx/c^2)
Therefore, object O is moving perpendicular to the x-axis in observer A's frame of reference, i.e., along the y-axis. The negative sign in the previous answer indicates that O is moving in the opposite direction to B's motion along the x-axis, so we can conclude that object O is moving in the negative y-direction as measured by observer A.