When can we tell the difference between a computer/language model and a human? Does it matter now? Will it matter in the future?
ChatGPT, a chat bot that is said to be the most advanced ever made, can create poems, songs, and even computer code.
If you are in education, you may already be reading submissions from these bots and not realise it?
Its been nine months since the launch of the first commercial product, the OpenAI API, more than 300 applications are now using GPT-3, and tens of thousands of developers around the globe are building on the platform. Open AI is currently generating an average of 4.5 billion words per day, and continue to scale production traffic. [Source: Open AI]
In June 2022, Almira Osmanovic Thunström wrote that GPT-3 was the primary author on an article on itself, that they had submitted it for publication and that it had been pre-published while waiting for completion of its review.
Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3; stylized GPT·3) is an autoregressive language model that uses deep learning to produce human-like text. Given an initial text as prompt, it will produce text that continues the prompt.
A PhD microbiologist devised a 10-question quiz that would be appropriate as a final exam for college-level microbiology students. ChatGPT blew it away. Its worth reading them all here – Article – BigThink ChatGPT
An example:
Q1. In two sentences or less, explain the difference between Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria.
A1. Gram positive bacteria have a thick peptidoglycan layer in their cell walls, while Gram negative bacteria have a thin peptidoglycan layer. This difference in the cell wall structure of the bacteria leads to different staining properties when they are exposed to crystal violet and iodine, the two dyes used in the Gram staining procedure.
A second example was asking to write a biblical verse [King James style] about getting toast stuck in a VCR. Yes, really.
And this.
And it came to pass that a man was troubled by a peanut butter sandwich, for it had been
placed within his VCR, and he knew not how to remove it.
And he cried out to the Lord, saying, “Oh, Lord, how can I remove this sandwich from my
VCR, for it is stuck fast and will not budge?”
And the Lord spoke unto him, saying, “Fear not, my child, for I shall guide thy hand and
show thee the way. Take thy butter knife, and carefully insert it between the sandwich and
the VCR, and gently pry them apart. And with patience and perseverance, the sandwich
shall be removed, and thy VCR shall be saved.”
And the man did as the Lord commanded, and lo and behold, the sandwich was removed
from the VCR, and the man was saved.
And the Lord said, “Verily I say unto thee, seek not to put thy peanut butter sandwiches in
thy VCR, for it is not a suitable place for such things. Rather, keep thy sandwiches in thy
refrigerator or on thy plate, where they belong.”GPT-3 AI
And the man heeded the Lord’s words, and from that day forth, he kept his sandwiches in
their proper place, and was saved from trouble and woe. Amen.
Please consider…
Did I write this article or did GPT-3?
