Episode

Build a 3D-Printed Clippy Powered by ChatGPT from OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services

with Jim Bennett, David Packman

Let's Get Personal: Computing

"It looks like you are filming a YouTube video! Do you want help with that?"

On today's show, Jim is joined by David Packman, a maker who loves building social robots. Inspired by the memes that ChatGPT is really Clippy under the hood, David has built a Raspberry Pi-powered, 3D-printed Clippy you can ask questions to using ChatGPT. (Fun fact - filming this episode including a lot of time spent playing with Clippy only cost USD $0.08 in OpenAI fees!)

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Chapters

  • 00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:33 - Welcome David and Clippy!
  • 01:31 - Clippy is asked if they are ChatGPT
  • 02:18 - Who or what is Clippy?
  • 03:07 - How does Clippy work?
  • 03:50 - Why David built a Clippy robot - it's a companion bot
  • 04:44 - Clippy confirms it is not the same as ChatGPT
  • 06:04 - Clippy is asked - why are robots seen as threatening?
  • 07:48 - David talks about Whiskers, his next robot
  • 09:47 - Clippy gives us a recipe for Lemon Thyme Roasted Chicken
  • 13:34 - Clippy is 3D printed. Get the files to print your own here
  • 14:19 - Clippy is powered by a Raspberry Pi! David disembowels Clippy to show the hardware

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