‘AI is crying in the corner’: Goa man uses ChatGPT to find lost clogs at Ujjain temple

The unusual incident was shared on Instagram by Shubhang Borkar, who posted a video showing how he used ChatGPT to search through rows of footwear outside the temple. The incident has since caught the attention of social media users, who were amused by the.

According to the video, Borkar found it difficult to identify his pair among the large number of shoes and slippers left outside the temple. Instead of manually checking every pair, he decided to use ChatGPT's image-analysis capabilities.

What Happened

He first recorded the footwear racks and uploaded the video to ChatGPT. He also provided a separate photograph showing what his clogs looked like and asked the AI to identify them among the footwear.

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• Another user commented, "ChatGPT can you please find my soulmate in this world please!!!!!!"

Key Details

Borkar continued sharing photographs of different sections of the racks.

• Another user wrote, "I didn't kw we can use ChatGPT this way too!"

• The incident quickly became a humorous example of how people are finding increasingly unconventional uses for AI tools.

• He later told ChatGPT that the two had made a "good team."

Why It Matters

Borkar checked the suggested spot and found that the pair was indeed his.

• After analysing the images, ChatGPT directed him towards a particular area on the right side of the rack, around the middle of the pile.

What Reports Say

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