With its latest release, OpenAI's company ChatGPT demonstrates its ability to generate text and even write essays. Artificial intelligence (AI) behind the chatbot has been cited in four publications so far.
People's conversations have lately centered on ChatGPT, a chatbot driven by artificial intelligence. The AI model uses reinforcement learning based on user input to have natural conversations with the user (RLHF). It's been widely used in business, finance, and, more recently, instruction.
One thing we know for sure is that this cutting-edge technology has a bright future. OpenAI, the company that created the device, has had one of the quickest product launches ever. ChatGPT, which didn't even exist until November 2022, had more than 100 million users by January 2023. In light of this, there are obviously a great deal of economic stakes in the online sphere. IT and its industry heavyweights can't sit on the sidelines of this new revolution. Microsoft even pledged $10 billion to OpenAI on February 7, hinting at an upcoming improvement to its Bing search engine.
Furthermore, rivals to OpenAI will be unveiled shortly by Alphabet (Google). Not only are Western software companies proficient in picture analysis, but so are their Chinese counterparts. Microsoft claims that the top five computer vision teams are all based in China.
The publishing of ChatGPT sparked heated debates on the public's perception of AI among people all around the globe. Almost 45 percent of Americans questioned by the Pew Research Center have mixed feelings regarding the development of AI.
Yet, many of these feelings depend on the AI and the context in which it is being used. The biggest school district in New York City has banned ChatGPT despite the fact that it is available to the public at no cost. As reasoning, it cited "possible negative consequences on learning."
A homework helper is nothing new in the world of higher education. For a long time now, students have utilized study aids like Chegg and Quizlet to speed through their schoolwork and online exams. Teachers and professors have had to adjust to these changes by coming up with other methods of evaluation. ChatGPT, in essence, uses publicly accessible web resources to formulate an answer to a question.
The AI is incapable of abstract or critical thought, hence it often fails to respond correctly to questions that need such thinking.
University instructors may protect their students from ChatGPT by making their tasks more difficult. For this reason, we shouldn't be worried about what ChatGPT is right now; rather, we should be concerned about what it has the potential to become.
A predictive algorithm that just repeats commonly used patterns is what gives ChatGPT its ability to generate generic, robotic, and stilted prose. Students new to creative writing may find it difficult to write with these characteristics. Teachers often use published works as examples, but students have a hard time bridging the gap between their own work and what has been accepted for publication. There are a lot of professors out there who think it's immoral to have students review each other's papers.
As the AI creates writings devoid of voice, style, and uniqueness, courses may debate and rewrite the writing without ethical quandaries, giving students the opportunity to acquire the strategies and thinking that authors use to impart voice and human sensibility to their work.
Written by Mahmudur Rahman Sompod
(A Master’s student of Public Administration and Governance Studies Department under Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University)
