ChatGPT, the AI that can Write Articles

ChatGPT is making a lot of news. It is an AI software to which you can ask questions, and it will then give answers. Unlike, say Google, it isn’t pointing you to links to other articles. Rather, as Stephen Shankland says:

“It's an AI that's trained to recognize patterns in vast swaths of text harvested from the internet, then further trained with human assistance to deliver more useful, better dialog.”

 

Here’s an example of a response it generated:

“When I asked, "Is it easier to get a date by being sensitive or being tough?" GPT responded, in part, "Some people may find a sensitive person more attractive and appealing, while others may be drawn to a tough and assertive individual. In general, being genuine and authentic in your interactions with others is likely to be more effective in getting a date than trying to fit a certain mold or persona.”

Not bad, right? But beware:

“The answers you get may sound plausible and even authoritative, but they might well be entirely wrong…”

 

Also, its answers may not be the same to the same question:

“I asked twice whether Moore's Law, which tracks the computer chip industry's progress increasing the number of data-processing transistors, is running out of steam, and I got two different answers. One pointed optimistically to continued progress, while the other pointed more grimly to the slowdown and the belief "that Moore's Law may be reaching its limits."

 

Both ideas are common in the computer industry itself, so this ambiguous stance perhaps reflects what human experts believe.”

 

A cybersecurity expert, Bruce Schneier, asked ChatGPT to write an essay on what he would have said about ChatGPT. Since a lot of his articles are on the Net, the bot could go over that material, and write the essay keeping in mind his style, choice of phrases, and leanings. You can read the essay here – it won’t take more than 2-3 minutes to read. Schneier’s take on the essay?

“Not bad. I don’t think I can retire, but I probably can go on vacation for a few days. And, of course, it’s going to get better…a lot better…and probably sooner than we expect. This is a big deal.”

 

Seth Godin has this to say on the implications of chat bots that can write essays and articles, beyond school and college kids using it to do their homework!

“If your work isn’t more useful or insightful or urgent than GPT can create in 12 seconds, don’t interrupt people with it. Technology begins by making old work easier, but then it requires that new work be better.”

 

You can try it for yourself for free here.

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