What is ChatGPT and how did it become the artificial intelligence chat that revolutionized the internet?

ChatGPT, a new chat system based on artificial intelligence from the OpenAI company, has revolutionized the internet in recent days and has renewed the debate on the capabilities that this type of tool may have in the near future and the consequences that this may unleash.

Launched on November 30, ChatGPT barely needed a couple of days to become a viral phenomenon and, according to its creators, this Monday it already exceeded one million users. The application, for now in the testing phase, allows you to chat in a multitude of languages ​​with an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of maintaining a very natural conversations on almost any subject, to answer countless questions and to create content almost on demand.

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ChatGPT is coherent, it takes into account what has been previously said in a conversation and it is able to identify topics that it is better not to talk about.

Your artificial intelligence is powered by a huge text sample taken from the internetbut the machine is not connected to the real-time network and its “knowledge” they theoretically stop at 2021, so you cannot comment on, for example, events that have occurred recently.

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OpenAI, the company that created it, stands out above all the dialogue format with which it operates and the possibilities it generates. “The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests”, explains the firm, in whose foundation the current owner of Twitter Elon Musk participated, among others – although he later disassociated himself – and in which technological giants such as Microsoft have invested.

window to the future

According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, ChatGPT is for now an “early demo” of what it will be possible to do with artificial intelligence-based language interfaces, although he stresses that in this case it still has many limitations. “Soon you will be able to have helpful assistants who talk to you, answer questions and give advice. Later on you can have something go and do chores for you. Eventually you will be able to have something that reveals new knowledge to you”, Altman explained on Twitter on the occasion of the product presentation.

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For now, ChatGPT is accessible for free during this test phasewhich its creators hope to use to introduce important improvements in the final version, which at first will not be paid for, although Altman has already said that at some point it will be necessary to “monetize” it given the high costs.

possible uses

Among the possibilities that ChatGPT offers for now, the option of using it as a quick alternative to a Google search stands out, although its results are often erroneous or contradictory.

Of course, if one questions one of his wrong answers, often the system is capable of admitting its failure and seeking a solution. But many users in recent days have highlighted the tool’s ability to help with more specific issues: for example, some programmers have used it to quickly write code in complex or unusual language and some university professor has said that the chat is capable of adequately answering some questions on their exams.

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The ability of this type of system to write well-written and coherent texts also allows for numerous uses in the editorial and journalistic field.

For example, if you ask the robot to write a story about the launch of ChatGTP itself, it only takes a couple of seconds to offer a five-paragraph text that starts like this: “Today ChatGPT has been released to the public, a chat platform that uses natural language technology to offer a unique user experience. Developed by a team of natural language and technology experts, ChatGPT allows users to chat naturally with a system that is responsive and intelligent. The platform uses language models trained on large amounts of data to generate consistent and natural responses in real time.”.

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The “News” it includes some context about the development of the platform and even supposed statements from the CEO of the company.

That facility to write has led many voices to predict that this type of system could soon supplant much of the content creation work and even the work of journalists.

Source: Elcomercio

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