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How many of you are using ChatGpt to help you with your work, and not telling your boss/co-workers? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just out of curiosity. I have no moral stance on it, if a tool works for you I'm definitely not judging anyone for using it. Do whatever you can to get your work done!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I concur. ChatGPT is, in fact, not an AI; rather, it operates as a predictive text tool. This is the reason behind the numerous errors it tends to generate and its lack of self-review prior to generating responses is clearest indication of it not being an AI. You can identify instances where CHATGPT provides incorrect information, you correct it, and within 5 seconds of asking again, it repeat the same inaccurate information in its response.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's definitely not artificial general intelligence, but it's for sure AI.

None of the criteria you mentioned are needed for it be labeled as AI. Definition from Oxford Libraries:

the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

It definitely fits in this category. It is being used in ways that previously, customer support or a domain expert was needed to talk to. Yes, it makes mistakes, but so do humans. And even if talking to a human would still be better, it's still a useful AI tool, even if it's not flawless yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It just seems to me that by this definition, the moment we figure out how to do something with a computer, it ceases to be AI because it no longer requires human intelligence to accomplish.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

As Larry Tesler once said "AI is whatever hasn't been done yet."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I guess the word "normally" takes care of that. It implies a situation outside of the program in question.