Shashi Tharoor recently thanked the Rajasthan Royals team for the personalised jersey they had gifted to him. Upon this tweet, the Rajasthan Royals made use of the AI chatbot ChatGPT to reply to him in a similar style of highly polished English that Tharoor is known for. This was followed by some hilarious jokes on the topic as Twitter users enjoyed the reply generated by the chatbot.
Rajasthan Royals is an Indian Premier League team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 2011 and has won the IPL Championship twice. Apart from T20 cricket, RR also has taken up initiatives like providing education to underprivileged children, benefiting the environment and helping local farmers.
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor is a highly respected personality not just in India but abroad as well. He is renowned for his grasp of the English language, having studied and taught in the USA and UK. Tharoor is currently an active politician and Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in the Lok Sabha. He is also the author of numerous published works, and his words have been described as the best display of English literature in the Indian Parliament.
The interchange between Shashi Tharoor and Rajasthan Royals has provided fodder to many jokes among the Twitter crowd. But it does serve to show the versatility of AI chatbots and the capability to generate human-like content. However, it would still be some time till AI bots are able to compete with Shashi Tharoor in terms of writing polished and formal English.
