April Fool's MATLAB Codes With ChatGTP
Illustrates funny MATLAB codes generated by ChatGPT for April Fool's Day.
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Remember macPuke and Grouch and similar extensions one might sneak into an unsuspecting friend's Mac OS 7 in the 1990's? One extension hid cock roaches under the windows and if you moved a window the roaches would all scramble to find new hiding places. (Also available as 'Roach' on Unix.) Another popped up a message 'Downloading the internet. Please wait. Reformatting hard drive...' while audibly spinning the hard drive. Another caused a slow degradation of text visibility in windows and finally, after a warning about CPU overheating, caused the windows to all melt down towards the floor. One made the users CRT screen appear cracked, and the cracks slowly multiplying. Of course you don't remember- you are probably too young. Well...
The following are mild ChatGPT responses to prompts for April Fool's MATLAB codes. The responses are not edited but there was some curation in creating this collection.
Use responsably.
Cite As
Duncan Carlsmith (2026). April Fool's MATLAB Codes With ChatGTP (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/127204-april-fool-s-matlab-codes-with-chatgtp), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
General Information
- Version 1.01 (500 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
