"I Dream of Jeannie" and ChatGPT
Technically, it is reasonable to assume that Jeannie the genie in "I
Dream of Jeannie" was an Iranian genie. Or more technically still, a
Persian genie.
How do we know this? In the series' premiere episode, 18 September
1965, when Major Nelson finds her bottle on a deserted island, opens
it, and she emerges in a stream of smoke, she initially speaks to him
only in Farsi.
That is, until he happens to mention that he wished she could speak
English -- and of course instantly she does from that point onward.
The original plan was for Barbara Eden to speak Arabic, but a suitable
tutor couldn't be found in time, and instead a UCLA professor tutored
her in Farsi.
Notably, good ol' ChatGPT gives a wrong answer to the specific
question of whether Barbara spoke Farsi in the pilot. Nor does its
"However" clause even make sense. The usual garbage from Generative
AI!
ChatGPT Image at:
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/111055314252967390
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