Latest incarnation of AI chatbot leaves academics facing 'very serious issues'
The Guardian|December 05, 2022
Professors, programmers and journalists could all be out of a job in just a few years, after the latest chatbot from the Elon Musk-founded OpenAI foundation stunned onlookers with its writing ability, proficiency at complex tasks and ease of use.
Alex Hern
Latest incarnation of AI chatbot leaves academics facing 'very serious issues'

The system, called Chat GPT, is the latest evolution of the GPT family of text-generating Als. Two years ago, the team's previous AI, GPT3, was able to generate an opinion piece for the Guardian, and ChatGPT is significantly more capable again.

In the days since it was released, academics have generated responses to exam queries that they say would result in full marks if submitted by an undergraduate, and programmers have used the tool to solve coding challenges in obscure programming languages in a matter of seconds before writing limericks explaining the functionality.

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