ChatGPT generates Ugaro names

Okay, so I thought sure, I’d try generating names using ChatGPT. 

Here’s what I told it: “Generate names that are three, four, five, or six letters long; that alternate consonants and vowels; that use only the letters w, e, r, t, y, u, i, o, p, a, s, d, g, h, k, l, v, b, and n; that end in a, o, or u.”

Can anybody immediately see what I did wrong? I shouldn’t have used the word “names” because naturally ChatGPT generated lists of actual names. Of course it did! Totally my fault. I immediately said, “Same criteria, but the words should be meaningless in English.”

Too many of the resultant words looked silly, and also ChatGPT had trouble keeping all the rules in mind, so I got names like

NivakLurtyHosea

And isn’t it interesting that ChatGPT couldn’t keep track of the rules? I reminded it that the names must end with a, o, or u. Then I reminded it that vowels and consonants must alternate. I actually got a handful of names that might work, maybe with tweaking. But here’s what happened when I asked for names that fit the same criteria, began with vowels, and were five letters long:

ArovaUtieuEsofiIralaOvitoEniwoUruwaIsiouOvulaAneia

ChatGPT could not remember that words cannot end in “i” or that vowels must alternate with consonants. Isn’t that interesting? I think that’s interesting.

A few of the names I got might be okay, but honestly, it’s probably easier just to generate names myself and then fiddle with them.

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