ChatGPT is a powerful artificial intelligence machine that uses a language model that can generate human-like text.
It is trained on a diverse range of internet text, allowing it to have a wide range of knowledge and the ability to generate text in a variety of styles. But this knowledge is limited knowledge of events that occurred after 2021. ChatGPT, created by OpenAI, is in the development and testing stage.
We logged on to https://chat.openai.com/chat to test the knowledge of this artificial intelligence software. In the chat box, we typed the question “What can you say about President William Ruto?”
Response
“William Ruto is a Kenyan politician who currently serves as the Deputy President of Kenya. He was elected to the position in 2013 as a member of the Jubilee Party of Kenya. Ruto has also served as the Member of Parliament for Eldoret North Constituency, and as the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Home Affairs in the government of Kenya. He is a member of the Kalenjin ethnic group and is known for his strong support among the Kalenjin community. He has been involved in Kenyan politics for many years and has played a prominent role in the country’s political landscape.”
Source: https://chat.openai.com/chat
The future of AI writing
To anyone uneasy about the rise of AI and machines, well, there is good news and bad news.
A writer and cultural observer Virginia Postrel interacted with ChatGPT and reported her conclusion on Substack: “Routine Writing Is About To Be Free.” That is, ChatGPT writes better than your average college freshman. It can easily handle “routine writing” on the order of company memos and project reports: Just feed it the facts and the program will roll out a presentation in workmanlike prose with which the most zealous grammarian will find no fault.
The bad news, however, is that ChatGPT can make staff up.
“It’s good for people trying to generate huge amounts of text that doesn’t have to be especially convincing very quickly,” said Bloomberg Businessweek Columnist Max Chafkin, but also “it makes stuff up.”
Experts have warned users, especially students to be cautious and avoid using this AI software are it may be misleading or give information that is outdated.
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