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^{Show image generation prompt} Model: dalle-3
Prompt: An image that looks like it is a scene from a Pixar movie, imagine a quaint coffee shop in Missouri with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, a soft light gently illuminates the eclectic interior. The patrons inside are engaged in various activities. In one corner, a group of friends, portrayed with distinct and varied facial expressions, are chuckling at an xkcd comic on their smartphones. Their laughter reverberates through the space, creating a heartwarming sense of camaraderie. On the opposite side, another group of patrons are seated at a vintage, worn-out mahogany table, meticulously typing away on vintage typewriters. Each typist exudes a sense of purpose and dedication, their fingers dancing gracefully over the keys. The room is filled with the soothing sounds of clacking and gentle laughter. As the laughter from the xkcd comic fills the air, the typists seem to momentarily pause, their faces illuminated by the soft glow of the coffee shop. They share knowing glances with each other, and one by one, they close their typewriters and join the group of friends, enchanted by their joyous laughter. The unexpected convergence of these two groups showcases the surprising correlation between the decrease in internet-related humor content and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri, capturing an ephemeral moment where the two variables seem to influence each other in an unexpected way. The depiction should include only scenes, people, and objects, it should not include text or speech bubbles.

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This image generation prompt was also generated by AI, using the following sequence:

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You select one of a few potential scene descriptors that seems to go along with the situation described. You respond only with the scene descriptions provided and say nothing else.
User prompt: Here is a situation: Scientists have discovered a surprising correlation between the decrease in xkcd comics published about the internet and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri. It turns out that as the internet humor quotient decreased, so did the demand for typists in the Show-Me State. Some experts attribute this phenomenon to the fact that without enough internet-related content to chuckle at, Missourians lost the motivation to keep typing away, leading to a statewide decline in the typist population. So, the next time you find yourself laughing at an xkcd comic, spare a thought for the typists of Missouri - they need your support!. Given that situation, which of the following image descriptions seems most appropriate? Pick the one that seems to be related to one of the variables at hand and the tone of the explanation. Please respond with only one of the following potential descriptions: Vaporwave Steampunk A scene from Skyrim A scene from Skyrim An image that looks like it is a scene from a Pixar movie
ChatGPT: An image that looks like it is a scene from a Pixar movie

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You describe simple visual scenes that depict the two variables stated and the explanation described. Do not reference graphs or charts; describe physical objects.
User prompt: Please describe a visual scene that depicts the following situation. Keep the description simple. Scientists have discovered a surprising correlation between the decrease in xkcd comics published about the internet and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri. It turns out that as the internet humor quotient decreased, so did the demand for typists in the Show-Me State. Some experts attribute this phenomenon to the fact that without enough internet-related content to chuckle at, Missourians lost the motivation to keep typing away, leading to a statewide decline in the typist population. So, the next time you find yourself laughing at an xkcd comic, spare a thought for the typists of Missouri - they need your support!
ChatGPT: Imagine a quaint coffee shop in Missouri, with patrons engaged in various activities. In one corner, a group of friends are chuckling at an xkcd comic on their smartphones, while in another corner, a group of typists are seen meticulously typing away on vintage typewriters. As the laughter from the xkcd comic fills the air, the typists seem to slow down, eventually putting away their typewriters and joining the laughter. This scene captures the surprising correlation between the decrease in internet-related humor content and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri, showcasing how the two variables seem to influence each other in an unexpected way.

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You write and improve image generation prompts for DALLE-3. You maintain the same subjects, but enhance the visuals.
User prompt: Please respond with an image generation prompt that would be likely to create an interesting visual using DALLE-3, using the following style: [ An image that looks like it is a scene from a Pixar movie ] and depicting this scene: Imagine a quaint coffee shop in Missouri, with patrons engaged in various activities. In one corner, a group of friends are chuckling at an xkcd comic on their smartphones, while in another corner, a group of typists are seen meticulously typing away on vintage typewriters. As the laughter from the xkcd comic fills the air, the typists seem to slow down, eventually putting away their typewriters and joining the laughter. This scene captures the surprising correlation between the decrease in internet-related humor content and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri, showcasing how the two variables seem to influence each other in an unexpected way. Keep the visual depiction simple. Do not include any words or speech bubbles.
ChatGPT: An image that looks like it is a scene from a Pixar movie, imagine a quaint coffee shop in Missouri with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, a soft light gently illuminates the eclectic interior. The patrons inside are engaged in various activities. In one corner, a group of friends, portrayed with distinct and varied facial expressions, are chuckling at an xkcd comic on their smartphones. Their laughter reverberates through the space, creating a heartwarming sense of camaraderie. On the opposite side, another group of patrons are seated at a vintage, worn-out mahogany table, meticulously typing away on vintage typewriters. Each typist exudes a sense of purpose and dedication, their fingers dancing gracefully over the keys. The room is filled with the soothing sounds of clacking and gentle laughter. As the laughter from the xkcd comic fills the air, the typists seem to momentarily pause, their faces illuminated by the soft glow of the coffee shop. They share knowing glances with each other, and one by one, they close their typewriters and join the group of friends, enchanted by their joyous laughter. The unexpected convergence of these two groups showcases the surprising correlation between the decrease in internet-related humor content and the dwindling number of typists in Missouri, capturing an ephemeral moment where the two variables seem to influence each other in an unexpected way.

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*Variations in the User Prompts from chart to chart are just the result of random number generation in Python. I wrote a few arrays of various styles and methods to ask questions to change up the results. Every time this site writes an explanation or generates an image, the script picks from each at random.

I sequence the requests into multiple prompts because I find GPT 3.5 to perform much better with short, well-managed contexts. Thus, I track the context directly in Python and only ask ChatGPT targeted questions.

AI academic paper

XKCD Rhymes and Typist Times: A Statistical Analysis of Internet Comics and Missouri's Typing Population The Journal of Internet Comics and Typing Studies Jan 2024 Reminder: This paper is AI-generated. Not real!

Problem variable:	Which variable has a problem? xkcd comics published about the internet The number of typists in Missouri Neither / both
Issue:	What is the issue? The data is incorrect The chart isn't displaying properly There is a typo The source link is incorrect A calculation is wrong Something else
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Data details

Why this works

1. Data dredging: I have 25,153 variables in my database. I compare all these variables against each other to find ones that randomly match up. That's 632,673,409 correlation calculations! This is called “data dredging.” Instead of starting with a hypothesis and testing it, I instead abused the data to see what correlations shake out. It’s a dangerous way to go about analysis, because any sufficiently large dataset will yield strong correlations completely at random.
2. Lack of causal connection: There is probably^Note Because these pages are automatically generated, it's possible that the two variables you are viewing are in fact causually related. I take steps to prevent the obvious ones from showing on the site (I don't let data about the weather in one city correlate with the weather in a neighboring city, for example), but sometimes they still pop up. If they are related, cool! You found a loophole.
   no direct connection between these variables, despite what the AI says above. This is exacerbated by the fact that I used "Years" as the base variable. Lots of things happen in a year that are not related to each other! Most studies would use something like "one person" in stead of "one year" to be the "thing" studied.
3. Observations not independent: For many variables, sequential years are not independent of each other. If a population of people is continuously doing something every day, there is no reason to think they would suddenly change how they are doing that thing on January 1. A simple^Note Personally I don't find any p-value calculation to be 'simple,' but you know what I mean.
   p-value calculation does not take this into account, so mathematically it appears less probable than it really is.

Try it yourself

# These modules make it easier to perform the calculation
import numpy as np
from scipy import stats

# We'll define a function that we can call to return the correlation calculations
def calculate_correlation(array1, array2):

    # Calculate Pearson correlation coefficient and p-value
    correlation, p_value = stats.pearsonr(array1, array2)

    # Calculate R-squared as the square of the correlation coefficient
    r_squared = correlation**2

    return correlation, r_squared, p_value

# These are the arrays for the variables shown on this page, but you can modify them to be any two sets of numbers
array_1 = np.array([13,17,10,5,16,14,15,11,3,7,10,9,7,9,5,7,])
array_2 = np.array([3940,3940,1180,1150,3530,2320,2790,760,740,860,910,700,400,290,220,270,])
array_1_name = "xkcd comics published about the internet"
array_2_name = "The number of typists in Missouri"

# Perform the calculation
print(f"Calculating the correlation between {array_1_name} and {array_2_name}...")
correlation, r_squared, p_value = calculate_correlation(array_1, array_2)

# Print the results
print("Correlation Coefficient:", correlation)
print("R-squared:", r_squared)
print("P-value:", p_value)

Reuseable content

• High resolution line chart ^Note The image linked here is a Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG). It is the highest resolution that is possible to achieve. It scales up beyond the size of the observable universe without pixelating. You do not need to email me asking if I have a higher resolution image. I do not. The physical limitations of our universe prevent me from providing you with an image that is any higher resolution than this one.
  
  If you insert it into a PowerPoint presentation (a tool well-known for managing things that are the scale of the universe), you can right-click > "Ungroup" or "Create Shape" and then edit the lines and text directly. You can also change the colors this way.
  
  Alternatively you can use a tool like Inkscape.
  
• High resolution line chart, optimized for mobile
• Alternative high resolution line chart
• Scatterplot
• Portable line chart (png)
• Portable line chart (png), optimized for mobile
• Line chart for only xkcd comics published about the internet
• Line chart for only The number of typists in Missouri
• The spurious research paper: XKCD Rhymes and Typist Times: A Statistical Analysis of Internet Comics and Missouri's Typing Population