See, my problem is that we've got more than enough bullshitters ru(i/n)ning the country already, without adding automated ones into the mix.
I certainly admire the ability of these engines to construct plausible and intelligent arguments based on whatever premise you give them - I think lawyers should definitely start to get worried! - but for me, there's little evidence of "wisdom" as yet.
(In passing, I've tried several of these bots on my own particular specialist field, which is writing cryptic crossword clues, and they have been an utter disaster in every possible way. We're not talking "extra fingers" here, we're talking a fundamental inability to understand what the rules are and how to apply them. And that's because cryptic crossword clues are based around an entirely different understanding of how language works. Again, it's reasonably likely that they will improve over time, and I am aware that I am working in a niche area of a niche area that doesn't generally attract billions of funding dollars, but right now, it's a farce.)
These bots can do a lot of things really well, but I can only imagine how utterly they failed on the cryptic crosswords clues. I asked ChatGPT to write a caption for a cartoon and its jokes were just abysmally bad. Some were terrible unfunny puns, others weren't really jokes at all; I've got a post coming up on that.
See, my problem is that we've got more than enough bullshitters ru(i/n)ning the country already, without adding automated ones into the mix.
I certainly admire the ability of these engines to construct plausible and intelligent arguments based on whatever premise you give them - I think lawyers should definitely start to get worried! - but for me, there's little evidence of "wisdom" as yet.
(In passing, I've tried several of these bots on my own particular specialist field, which is writing cryptic crossword clues, and they have been an utter disaster in every possible way. We're not talking "extra fingers" here, we're talking a fundamental inability to understand what the rules are and how to apply them. And that's because cryptic crossword clues are based around an entirely different understanding of how language works. Again, it's reasonably likely that they will improve over time, and I am aware that I am working in a niche area of a niche area that doesn't generally attract billions of funding dollars, but right now, it's a farce.)
These bots can do a lot of things really well, but I can only imagine how utterly they failed on the cryptic crosswords clues. I asked ChatGPT to write a caption for a cartoon and its jokes were just abysmally bad. Some were terrible unfunny puns, others weren't really jokes at all; I've got a post coming up on that.