What is ChatGPT and will it take your job
You've seen the headlines about an AI-powered chatbot that looks like some kind of human. Here's what you need to know about ChatGPT — and how to try it out for yourself.
artificial intelligence is dead; Long live Amnesty International. IBM's Watson gave up his medical ambitions for a career in customer service. To date, there are no semi-sentient robots that effectively help us live our lives. And Tesla's self-driving feature has crashed, quite literally.
But if you've been on social media lately, you've seen many headlines about an advanced AI chatbot, ChatGPT, taking away jobs from software engineers, lawyers, fitness trainers, and journalists.
I wonder what's going on? We have answers. (And the answers aren't generated by ChatGPT. I swear.)
What is GPT chat:
you are welcome
PCMag: Hi.
Um... I have a rather strange question. Am I talking to a real person now:
I successfully completed a captcha about 30 minutes ago, so I can assure you I'm real. Why are you asking.
I see all these stories about ChatGPT, but I don't really understand what it is. This is like NFTs and cryptocurrencyNFTs and cryptocurrency all over again.
Let's hope ChatGPT leaves them almost as quickly as it appeared.
What do you have against it:
So many things, but I feel like you have a question before we get to that.
It's weird! I do. What is ChatGPT, even? What does ChatGPT mean.
We'll start with the GPT part, which is short for Generative Pre-Trained. Essentially, this means that it is a software model that has been trained to follow patterns of thinking and language as a human would. The "chatting" part means that it then "talks" to humans in a way that seems natural.
A "pre-trained generative transformer" doesn't seem like something anyone would come up with.
no. Sounds like something an engineer would come up with.
Does ChatGPT replace humans:
So about these engineers. I read that this ChatGPT thing is trying to take their work in an effort to take over their job.
ChatGPT can write and debug code well enough to get you a job at Amazon. You learned this skill from code-hosting platform GitHub, but soon you'll learn lessons from actual engineers. OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, employs 1,000 programmers, in part to explain their ChatGPT methods in natural language.
Why would people want to train this thing to take over their jobs?
Because we never learn from science fiction.
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I heard she takes other jobs too.
Surely, she is preparing to enter quite a few professions. ChatGPT learns to pick stocks like Warren Buffett. He passed the Wharton exam and the law school exam. It almost argued a case in California traffic court, but several bar associations have shut that down—for now.
I noticed you left something out.
Oh, right:
I don't like to point this out, since you're a journalist, but I've read about CNET and BuzzFeed using ChatGPT.
Oh, this. Yes, it completely left my mind. I haven't been spending many sleepless nights lately thinking about how BuzzFeed's stock will skyrocket after news broke that the site would be using ChatGPT to write quizzes. Or that CNET was using (and planning to resume using) ChatGPT to write stories.
Does this worry you. Do you think you will be replaced by artificial intelligence.
ChatGPT has already asked that. She says she is only here to support me.
And do you believe that:
Well, I think media companies will look for ways to save money with AI instead of journalists. This comes with significant risks. As my colleague Jill Duffy points out in Why Writers Know Using ChatGPT Is a Bad Idea, ChatGPT only uses the content it learned from training, and it knows how to make "chat" look like it knows what it's talking about. This leads to incorrect information and plagiarism, which is what was actually found in stories written by ChatGPT for CNET. Also, ChatGPT cannot generate original ideas, nor can it search and report on news.
Do you think ChatGPT can use your words.
Let's order it.
Sounds like yes.
How to use ChapGPT
How does ChatGPT get information:
ChatGPT is trained on a large chunk of the internet archived from 2011 called Common Crawl; WebText 2, which contains links originating from Reddit that have received 3 or more karma points; Books 1, which are free novels available online; Books 2, an online book repository of unknown content; And the English version of Wikipedia. As mentioned earlier, ChatGPT has not been trained on any data during 2021.
How do I use ChatGPT:
You can go to the ChatGPT website, where you will need to log in or create an OpenAI account. It is high demand, so you may be put on a waiting list. But once you are logged in, write your request in the box at the bottom of the screen. ChatGPT will generate a response in seconds.
Is ChatGPT free:
ChatGPT is free. But OpenAI has opened a fast path to its use, bypassing all the traffic that slows it down, for $20 a month. This level is called ChatGPT Plus and gives users sporadic access even during peak usage times. Open AI said users will also get "priority access to new features and improvements."
Is ChatGPT safe to use:
I think a better question is, given all that we've talked about, is it ethical to use it? But that's for you to decide. As for security, it supposedly doesn't store your information but I wouldn't put anything sensitive in it.
Can ChapGPT write articles for me:
somewhat. But remember, it's not always true - it just uses a very persuasive tone. A ChatGPT plagiarism checking tool is already available.
How was ChatGPT paying the bills, if it just started charging some people.
Well, it had founders and initial investors; And in 2019, it received $1 billion from Microsoft, which just increased its investment by an additional $10 billion. The company hopes to use ChapGPT to power features in Bing and Office.
Wait, Microsoft laid off 10,000 people, Microsoft laid off 10,000 after investing $10 billion in ChatGPT.
Made by ChapGPT:
Who invented ChatGPT in the first place.
It was created by OpenAI, a non-profit research lab that has partnered with a for-profit company. It was founded by Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Reed Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskiver, and others.
OpenAI looks familiar.
You likely heard about it during the text-to-image craze just last week, since it's also behind the Dall-E AI art generator.
Is this the kind of thing you could ask to be painted as someone talking to an AI, and it does?
What if I apply for the job and get it for me?
real real.
Maybe it can help me with my fitness routine. I made some decisions and I made some decisions and didn't really stick to them.
I don't think you want to do that. Fitness experts have found that their advice can cause injuries.
I ran out of ideas.
You can just try to chat with her.
Oh. like this then.
Exactly like that, yeah.
Now I think you really are a robot.
Listen, I have something to tell you about this CAPTCHA beforehand. It took me three attempts to locate all the traffic lights in the crosswalk. What's more humane than that?
Is there a Turing test for this ChatGPT thing? A way for us to know that it isn't actually someone writing?
I'm sorry to say that just like many in my profession, ChatGPT is bad at math, although it just got an update that addresses this shortcoming. So if you can successfully file your taxes, you will know that they are not human.