Beneath each of the data science problems below is a purpose statement (generated by ChatGPT!) that is either missing information or includes unnecessary information.

  • Write an improved version of each purpose statement beneath the original.

  • Then, explain what was wrong with the ChatGPT-generated Purpose Statement.

1 Data Science Problem: Alice is looking to adopt a pet, but only wants to look at animals who are fixed. Write a function is-fixed, which takes in a Row and returns true if the animal is fixed. Otherwise, return false.

The AI’s Purpose Statement: Take in a Row and check if the "is-fixed" column is true.

Improved Purpose Statement:

Problem with the AI’s Purpose Statement:

2 Data Science Problem: The animal shelter wants to make nametags for all the animals, drawing their names in large purple letters

The AI’s Purpose Statement: Given an animal, use the "name" column to draw the text in size 100 font.

Improved Purpose Statement:

Problem with the AI’s Purpose Statement:

3 Data Science Problem: The animal shelter decides that some dogs need to go on a diet, and get them different food to help them lose weight. Write a function is-heavy, which takes in a Row and checks to see if it’s a dog weighing more than 100 pounds.

The AI’s Purpose Statement: Take in the species and the number of pounds, and check if the species is dog and it weighs a lot.

Improved Purpose Statement:

Problem with the AI’s Purpose Statement:

4 Data Science Problem: Sammi wants to adopt a kitten less than a year old.

The AI’s Purpose Statement: Take in a row, and check if the age is less than 1.

Improved Purpose Statement:

Problem with the AI’s Purpose Statement:

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