--- title: "Amazing New CatGPT AI Answers as If It Were a Kitty Cat" description: "Dutch data journalist Wouter van Dijke took it upon himself to ask the ultimate question: \"what if ChatGPT were a cat?\"" date: "2023-02-01" modified: "2023-02-01" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/catgpt-ai-answers-cat" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "cats" - "chatgpt" - "the digest" --- # Amazing New CatGPT AI Answers as If It Were a Kitty Cat ![Dutch data journalist Wouter van Dijke took it upon himself to ask the ultimate question: "what if ChatGPT were a cat?"]() *\Image: Getty Images\* ## CatGPT Sure, OpenAI's uber-popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is extremely good at spitting out some seriously impressive content, from believable [college essays]() to [source code]() and even [real estate listings](). But that kind of AI prowess left Dutch data journalist Wouter van Dijke wanting more. The self-proclaimed "Twitter bot enthusiast" took it upon himself to answer the ultimate question: "what if ChatGPT were a cat?" "ChatGPT is boring," he wrote on [his GitHub](). "I want a cat to answer my questions. So I built CatGPT!" CatGPT, as its name suggests, [allows you]() to ask a "pawtifurcial intelligence" pretty much anything you'd want to ask a real-life cat. What you get in response is a series of "meows" — since, well, cats can't speak English. "CatGPT uses a purr-al network and an advanced hairballgorithm to come up with natural-sounding responses," van Dijke wrote in his pun-laden documentation. ## Random Meows The reality, as you might guess, is that the tech isn't particularly advanced. "Not really though, it just returns random meows," van Dijke admitted. Of course, that's likely true of actual cats, too. "To be clear: this site does not actually use ChatGPT or any other form of AI," he wrote. "Nothing is done with the user input either." While it's a fun and tongue-in-cheek take on ChatGPT, the project was more of a self-directed lesson in how to construct a basic website that looks and acts exactly like the real thing. "It took some back and forth to get something looking alright, but it was quite useful to create a basic structure for the web page," van Dijke wrote. But it also happens to be exactly the kind of levity we needed after weeks of reporting on the [slow death of journalism]() at the hands of AI. Or, in the words of CatGPT: "Meow, meow meow meow, meow meow?" **More on ChatGPT:** *[Shameless Realtors Are Already Grinding Out Property Listings With ChatGPT]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()