If you’ve been remotely keeping up with the latest tech trends, you’re bound to have heard the hype surrounding ChatGPT. Its abilities seem almost magical – it can write academic papers, fix your coding errors, tidy up your laundry, and even generate fully-functional websites out of thin air! However, while ChatGPT’s potential is nothing short of revolutionary, it’s crucial to grasp its inner workings and its strengths and limitations to make the most of its capabilities.
But what makes ChatGPT so special? Well, for starters, it’s built on a Large Language Model and has been trained on a huge dataset of internet sources. This means that it can quickly and easily generate easy-to-understand responses to any question you throw at it.
However, it’s important to note that ChatGPT does have its limitations. For example, it has been known to fabricate or “hallucinate” citations, which can be problematic for those who require reliable sources for research. The following is a shortlist of what I observed ChatGPT is good for and not good for.
What It’s Good For:
– Generating ideas for related concepts, terms, and words about a particular topic.
– Suggestions for databases where I could find literature on the topic.
– Suggestions for improving writing.
What It’s Not Good For:
– DO NOT ask ChatGPT for a list of sources on a particular topic!
– Be wary of asking ChatGPT to summarize a particular source, or write your literature review.
– Do not expect ChatGPT to know current events or predict the future.
Despite its limitations, there are still many reasons to be excited about ChatGPT. For one, it’s incredibly user-friendly and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Plus, its ability to recognize language patterns means that it can provide quick and accurate responses to a wide variety of queries.
So, whether you’re a busy student in need of a research assistant or a tech enthusiast looking to explore the latest developments in AI technology, ChatGPT is definitely worth checking out. Who knows what amazing things this innovative chatbot will be able to do in the future? The possibilities are endless!
Yes, this writing is generated by ChatGPT, but referenced and cross checked by a human. I encountered this thought as I was writing my thesis, I encountered that my references were very strange, as the various links that it provided led to unrelated articles or not found. I was curious in the limitation of this free technology and if this version (GPT-3) can easily write a deep study thesis and i’m afraid it is not capable of that yet (maybe it is, just not available publicly). However, there is an open sourced AI learning model available on github (Auto-GPT) that can be automated and trained to do anything if given the right machine training modules (including read and study various scholar articles and researches).
ChatGPT_prompt(“give me reasons why ChatGPT is reliable and unreliable_make it interesting”)(max 350words)
Reference:
Alkaissi, H., & McFarlane, S. I. (2023). Artificial Hallucinations in ChatGPT: Implications in Scientific Writing. Cureus, 15(2), e35179. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35179