canuckster19 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 12/26/2022 at 11:03 PM, stawns said: As a teacher, im very conflicted. On one hand, the ability for students to generate an essay they didn't write, that is not detectable with plagiarism programs is really unsettling. I can't imagine how university profs are going to handle this. On the other hand, I think I can really use it in the classroom as a teaching tool. Structurally, they are pretty solid essays and for the young students I teach, who are just learning how to write an academic essay, it's a great modelling tool. It's f***ing crazy anyway you look at it Sorry but isn't essay writing already outdated? I remember when I was in highschool over 20 years ago, "Write a 2000 word essay on a [insert subject here] " and the subject was always completely uninteresting. I don't know how school is now but back then it was heavily favoured to bookworms, I was never a bookworm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, canuckster19 said: Sorry but isn't essay writing already outdated? I remember when I was in highschool over 20 years ago, "Write a 2000 word essay on a [insert subject here] " and the subject was always completely uninteresting. I don't know how school is now but back then it was heavily favoured to bookworms, I was never a bookworm. No, essay writing is not outdated in anyway. Critical thinking and writing skills will never be outdated........being able to form an opinion, work out the details supporting your opinion and then being able to express that opinion in a coherent, logical manner is a skill that extends to all parts of a person's life. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, stawns said: No, essay writing is not outdated in anyway. Critical thinking and writing skills will never be outdated........being able to form an opinion, work out the details supporting your opinion and then being able to express that opinion in a coherent, logical manner is a skill that extends to all parts of a person's life. Yup. And have kids develop good handwriting skills too. Then when they do write essays they can hand write them in class. This is such a simple problem to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just used this, wow, this thing is crazy. Wrote me 5 different Canuck essays. It’s writing code for me as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-By Body Pierce Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Lol, Uhh ohh... https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-ai-messages-microsoft-bing-b2282491.html#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=16765233473813&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Ftech%2Fchatgpt-ai-messages-microsoft-bing-b2282491.html 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playoff Beered Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 The newest version of ChatGPT passed the US medical licensing exam with flying colors — and diagnosed a 1 in 100,000 condition in seconds https://www.insider.com/chatgpt-passes-medical-exam-diagnoses-rare-condition-2023-4?ref=upstract.com The health care shortage will soon be over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I.Am.Ironman Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Has anyone started using GPT to help with work or productivity? I had it write an email for me a while back, it is pretty amazing. The email was a little long winded but it was well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 This worries me in relation to my job....much of what I do is write content for my boss as he is too busy with appointments, etc. So this potentially makes me redundant (although I know the feel of his writing and can reflect that into correspondence). He was the one who showed me ChatGPT as he'd used it for a speech that he tweaked afterward. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 5 hours ago, -DLC- said: This worries me in relation to my job....much of what I do is write content for my boss as he is too busy with appointments, etc. So this potentially makes me redundant (although I know the feel of his writing and can reflect that into correspondence). He was the one who showed me ChatGPT as he'd used it for a speech that he tweaked afterward. Damn. Yeah, the threat is real, although I do think with a lot of jobs, it may be more just shifting the focus of those jobs rather than eliminating them altogether. For example, it might help you to write the content and then you yourself end up adjusting accordingly. Otherwise, if you think about it, if everyone used ChatGPT, everyone would just sound the same through writing. There's still going to be a creative side no matter what and AI can only base things on what it is trained to do. It still doesn't think like a human. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 9:08 PM, Playoff Beered said: I knew we should have killed that stupid paper clip when we had the chance! Soon we will be calling it master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: There's an interesting piece in The Conversation that touches upon how the tool can't do math with larger numbers, and how it's not able to discern correct information from incorrect information: https://theconversation.com/chatgpts-greatest-achievement-might-just-be-its-ability-to-trick-us-into-thinking-that-its-honest-202694 Yeah absolutely. It's easy to get "worried" about this stuff, but we're not really there yet. It's basically a machine that sounds smart but really isn't. lol I'm actually starting to study AI programming more and it might be a direction I head towards in terms of work. It's a rather interesting line of work that's really still in it's infant stages (but will likely move at breakneck speed). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Just now, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: I think at present, the worry isn't so much about it being (or becoming) sentient - the dataset isn't there (yet) for it to reach that stage. It's moreso the thought that people will rely on it as "the truth", whether directly (ie. through invoking the tool) or indirectly (ie. where someone else invokes the tool and then attempts to pass off the output as truth). That is the clear and present danger that we face with this tool, in my mind. Definately. It will be already has been used for propaganda. Anywhere from deep fakes to voice changing to AI's giving out false information. It might not even be intentional mischief if an AI is told to scour the internet for research and finds articles from Fox News or obscure sites made by fanatics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playoff Beered Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) oops Edited April 23, 2023 by Playoff Beered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ronthecivil Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 12/26/2022 at 11:08 AM, stawns said: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ It makes you sign in with an email and/or phone. Pass. I already have enough big brothers in the AI fraternity looking over me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Haha I told my gf to generate her bridesmaid's wedding speech and it did a great job. It will move her friend to tears and then it will be too late to admit it! For real though, there's lots of jobs that will be getting displaced by AI writing and also AI art. I sometimes think that some of the articles must be AI generated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 8:45 PM, Playoff Beered said: oops LOL at your "how not to do it approach".... Dear Chat GDP..... How do we stop the robots and AI from taking over the world? And more importantly, why bother since people are so stupid anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopChed Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, ronthecivil said: LOL at your "how not to do it approach".... Dear Chat GDP..... How do we stop the robots and AI from taking over the world? And more importantly, why bother since people are so stupid anyways? It's a lil spooky though because the different tribes of thought are so easily triggered. Chat GDP could incite wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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