March 13, 2023 BY
IN Technology

The new AI language processing tool has been trending since its launch late last year, but how do you use it and what for?

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s latest (and most popular) endeavor has been on the minds of many of us in recent weeks, including those leading Google, Microsoft, and Meta as it became the fastest growing ‘app’ of all time, even surpassing TikTok.  

Whether people learn how to use ChatGPT to ask it questions in search of funny answers, see how well it can create content, or find and correct a bug in code, one thing remains clear: The genius of this latest AI tool isn’t in how innovative the idea of it is, but in how accessible and natural it feels.

The AI chatbot can hold conversational text interactions with users by employing artificial intelligence, and these exchanges can feel as natural as if you were chatting with a real person. [zdnet.com]

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a large language model that uses artificial intelligence to hold text conversations with users that can feel natural, as if you were asking someone questions. The human-like responses are useful when translating from one language to another, looking for instructions on how to do something, and generation of written content, able to write anything from songs to cover letters.

The versatility of this and other large language models has the capacity of replacing a Google search in the future, making it a substantial innovation to continue develop through training data.

Whether people learn how to use ChatGPT to ask it questions in search of funny answers, see how well it can create content, or find and correct a bug in code, one thing remains clear: The genius of this latest AI tool isn’t in how innovative the idea of it is, but in how accessible and natural it feels.

ChatGPT uses reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) to intelligently process its environment using human demonstrations and adapt to different situations with learned desired behaviors. 

ChatGPT has been trained on a substantial amount of data prior to this research preview, and continues learning through the human knowledge users provide, making it able to give educated responses on a vast variety of topics. 

ChatGPT, like all language models, is not without limitations and can give inaccurate and incorrect information, so it’s important to double check the information it gives you. It’s always learning from the text data it is provided, which can make it prone to misinformation. OpenAI recommends users provide feedback on what ChatGPT tells them using the thumbs up/down buttons, in order to better improve the model.

The AI chatbot is also not connected to the internet and is unable to determine the current date, so asking ChatGPT how many days until Easter won’t get you an exact number of days — this is one of the ways ChatGPT differs from search engines.