When machines talk
ChatGPT can be surprising. But the program has more cleverness than actual intelligence.
Lately, ChatGPT, the latest darling of artificial intelligence (AI), has provoked a range of public reactions, mostly of surprise. The program can interact with us, answer questions and reply with questions of its own. For those less familiar with this kind of technology, its simplicity and ease of access may even lead them to wonder whether the computer is conscious. It is as if machines could talk.
The model was developed by OpenAI, a private organisation dedicated to exploring the potential of AI methods. Not long ago, it became clear that the larger the datasets used to “train” these algorithms, the more impressive the results and the greater the potential. Nobody knows for sure where the limit lies. And that is also why its profile has been rising so much.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 5 January 2023.