AI explanation

^{Show image generation prompt} Model: dalle-3
Prompt: The visual depicts a vibrant Puerto Rican cityscape, bustling with activity and color. At the forefront are a multitude of interpreters and translators, their figures blending seamlessly with the surroundings as if they are part of a lively dance. The atmosphere exudes a sense of motion and energy, reflecting the dynamic nature of language and communication. The interpreters and translators are depicted in a way that emphasizes their interconnectedness with the environment, visually representing the intricate web of communication. Their presence creates a mesmerizing visual pattern that weaves through the city, symbolizing the complexity of linguistic interactions. Amidst this scene, there is a focal point where the chaos of miscommunication unfolds. A bank is depicted with clients struggling to convey their needs, their gestures and expressions capturing the frustration and confusion brought on by the tangled web of translations. The visual narrative conveys the escalating chain reaction of financial chaos, mirroring the domino effect of misunderstandings and lost translations. In the background, the imagery extends beyond the Puerto Rican city to portray a wider impact across the US. Banks are depicted as crumbling like dominoes, evoking a sense of systemic collapse and leaving people perplexed and searching for answers in the midst of the cacophony of lost translations. Overall, the visual seamlessly conveys the theme of magic realism by infusing a real-world scenario with an enchanting, yet thought-provoking twist that captures the viewer's imagination. 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 variables described. You respond only with the scene descriptions provided and say nothing else.
User prompt: Here are two variables: The number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico and US bank failures. Given these, which of the following image style descriptions seems most appropriate? Pick the one that seems to be related to one of the variables at hand. Please respond with only one of the following potential descriptions: Psychedelic inspired by bauhaus Magic realism Photorealism Woodblock painting
ChatGPT: Magic realism

Model: gpt-3.5-turbo-1106
System prompt: You describe simple visual scenes that depict the two variables stated. You combine both variables into one scene.
User prompt: Please describe a visual scene that prominently depicts both The number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico and US bank failures, in the following situation: As the number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico increased, so did the confusion in communication between the banks and their clients, leading to colossal misunderstandings in financial transactions. The resulting "lost in translation" moments caused a chain reaction of banking failures across the US, leaving everyone "interpreting" what went wrong.. Keep the description simple.
ChatGPT: In a bustling Puerto Rican city, the number of interpreters and translators swelled and intertwined with the surroundings like a lively dance. But as their numbers grew, so did the web of confusion in communication at the banks, where clients struggled to convey their needs. Misunderstandings multiplied like a game of broken telephone, creating a chain reaction of financial chaos. Across the US, banks crumbled like dominoes, leaving people perplexed and searching for answers amidst the cacophony of lost translations.

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: [ Magic realism ] and depicting this scene: In a bustling Puerto Rican city, the number of interpreters and translators swelled and intertwined with the surroundings like a lively dance. But as their numbers grew, so did the web of confusion in communication at the banks, where clients struggled to convey their needs. Misunderstandings multiplied like a game of broken telephone, creating a chain reaction of financial chaos. Across the US, banks crumbled like dominoes, leaving people perplexed and searching for answers amidst the cacophony of lost translations. Keep the visual depiction simple. Do not include any words or speech bubbles.
ChatGPT: The visual depicts a vibrant Puerto Rican cityscape, bustling with activity and color. At the forefront are a multitude of interpreters and translators, their figures blending seamlessly with the surroundings as if they are part of a lively dance. The atmosphere exudes a sense of motion and energy, reflecting the dynamic nature of language and communication. The interpreters and translators are depicted in a way that emphasizes their interconnectedness with the environment, visually representing the intricate web of communication. Their presence creates a mesmerizing visual pattern that weaves through the city, symbolizing the complexity of linguistic interactions. Amidst this scene, there is a focal point where the chaos of miscommunication unfolds. A bank is depicted with clients struggling to convey their needs, their gestures and expressions capturing the frustration and confusion brought on by the tangled web of translations. The visual narrative conveys the escalating chain reaction of financial chaos, mirroring the domino effect of misunderstandings and lost translations. In the background, the imagery extends beyond the Puerto Rican city to portray a wider impact across the US. Banks are depicted as crumbling like dominoes, evoking a sense of systemic collapse and leaving people perplexed and searching for answers in the midst of the cacophony of lost translations. Overall, the visual seamlessly conveys the theme of magic realism by infusing a real-world scenario with an enchanting, yet thought-provoking twist that captures the viewer's imagination.

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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

Lost in Translation: Exploring the Interpreting Link Between Puerto Rico and US Bank Failures Journal of Multilingual Finance and Economic Interpreting Jan 2024

Problem variable:	Which variable has a problem? The number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico US bank failures 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([90,50,30,30,40,380,530,470,430,310,350,190,190,150,120,140,180,120,250,200,])
array_2 = np.array([3,4,0,0,3,25,140,157,92,51,24,18,8,5,8,0,4,4,0,0,])
array_1_name = "The number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico"
array_2_name = "US bank failures"

# 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 The number of interpreters and translators in Puerto Rico
• Line chart for only US bank failures
• AI-generated correlation image
• The spurious research paper: Lost in Translation: Exploring the Interpreting Link Between Puerto Rico and US Bank Failures