People are expressing concerns about AI chatbots replacing or atrophying human intelligence. For example, the chatbot can write an article on any topic efficiently (though not necessarily accurately) within seconds, potentially eliminating the need for a human writer.
The chatbot can also write an entire essay within seconds, making it easier for students to cheat or avoid learning how to write properly. This even led some school districts to block access when ChatGPT initially launched.
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Now, not only have many of those schools decided to unblock the technology, but some higher education institutions have been embracing interest in AI by catering their academic offerings to AI-related coursework.
Another concern with the AI chatbot is the possible spread of misinformation. Since the bot is not connected to the internet, it could make mistakes in what information it shares.
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The bot itself says: “My responses are not intended to be taken as fact, and I always encourage people to verify any information they receive from me or any other source.” OpenAI also notes that ChatGPT sometimes writes “plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers.”
Lastly, there are ethical concerns regarding the information ChatGPT was trained on since the company scraped the internet to train the chatbot.
It also automatically uses people’s interactions with the free version of the chatbot to further train its models, raising privacy concerns. However, OpenAI allows users to turn off the training setting.
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