A chatbot called ChatGPT is raising new questions about the role of artificial intelligence in our education, work and relationships.
Since it was made available in late November, ChatGPT has triggered a wave of headlines and stories, many about how students could use the AI chatbot to cheat and outflank unsuspecting teachers.
Software developer Lambros Photios has been using the tool to work faster.
“It’s gone ahead and written code for me on my behalf,” Photios said.
“This is something that historically would have taken 30 to 40 minutes and it’s written it in just a few seconds.”
Photios said ChatGPT was an industrial revolution for the information age.
“The industrial revolution took the hardest jobs and replaced it with machines… instead of taking the hardest jobs, ChatGPT is taking the easiest jobs.
“Things like internships, grad roles and junior roles within organisations can now be replaced with an algorithm.”
He said we needed to adapt or people would get left behind.
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”There’ll be super senior people left in organisations and the junior roles will be filled by technology.”
Many universities and schools have already banned the chatbot, fearing students will use it to get the answers for assignments and write whole essays.
Researchers in the US recently discovered ChatGPT was able to pass the notoriously difficult medical licensing exam.
University of New South Wales media researcher Michael Richardson said users needed to be really careful about the quality of work it produces.
”It’s not just whether it’s right or wrong but whether it’s good or whether it is sort of like the lowest common denominator,” Richardson said.
The technology still has some way to go, though.
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