I have just published a PDF article that is based largely on the blog posts mentioned below. It will certainly be more readable than the individual postings. It is quite long as I have added some additional material, references and included in full the two ‘conversations’ with ChatGPT. It is my hope that it will generate discussion about the place of generative AI and ChatBots in society and in our lives.
The PDF article, Conversations about the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on Large Language Model Implementations and ChatBots, can be found here.
Some of my writings and thoughts about the use and abuse of artificial intelligence have percolated through to the professional press – you can read an interview with me on the subject here.
Inevitably in such a short piece as much has been left unsaid as has been said so if it has piqued your curiosity – or better still, your interest – the five earlier entries in this blog can be found below:
- Good AI / Bad AI
- Good AI / Bad AI #2: AI Revisited
- Good AI / Bad AI #3: Addenda
- Good AI / Bad AI #4: ChatGPT on ChatGPT
- Good AI / Bad AI #5: Another Conversation with ChatGPT
The two conversations with ChatGPT expose some of its weaknesses and demonstrate how careful users should be in making use of its responses. My message to anyone reading this is:
Large Language Models are NOT search engines.
They are machines to write prose that matches – that seems to make sense in terms of – your query. They do NOT necessarily provide an answer to your question.
Although they may seem to!