“Ask the new ChatGPT artificial intelligence program to write an essay on the cause of the American Civil War and watch it generate a compelling piece of work in a matter of seconds.
This is one of the reasons why New York school authorities have begun banning this impressive but controversial writing tool capable of generating human-like paragraphs of text.
The largest school district in the United States has decided to restrict the use of the ChatGPT website on all types of devices and on its school networks, which could affect other schools and teachers, who are struggling to find a way to prevent that students cheat. ChatGPT’s creators say they are also looking for ways to detect inappropriate use.
This free tool has only been on the market for a few weeks, but it’s already raising tough questions about the future of AI in education, the tech industry, and a host of professions.
one. What is ChatGPT?
The ChatGPT program launched on November 30, but is part of a broader set of technologies being developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, which has a close relationship with Microsoft.
It is part of a new generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that can converse, generate readable text on demand, and even produce novel images and videos based on what they have “learned” from a vast database of digital books, written online and other media.
But unlike previous versions of so-called “big language models” like OpenAI’s GPT-3, released in 2020, the ChatGPT tool is freely available to anyone with an internet connection and is designed to be easier to use. . It works like a written dialogue between the AI system and the person asking it questions.
Millions of people have played with ChatGPT over the last few weeks, using the program to write or write silly songs or poems, to try to trick you into making mistakes, or for more practical purposes, like helping to compose an email. All those inquiries are also helping you to become smarter.