The release of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chat robot, has brought a new wave to the global technology industry. Since its release two months ago, it has been constantly hyped, exaggerated, questioned and talked about by people in the industry.
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) program called large-scale language model, which contains billions of words from the Internet and is then improved by human beings.
The program was launched by American company OpenAI, which is currently planning to launch a more advanced version.
People's attitudes towards this AI program can be said to be mixed. In addition to excitement and fanaticism, many people hold cautious and dialectical views on this:
Is this output original, or is it just a mashup of human-created content? If the use of this AI assistive tool becomes ubiquitous, what consequences will it bring to society? Under this technology, what kind of industry will be the winner in the future?
Original or not?
In a project called Crypto Mile, Daniel Hulme, chief artificial intelligence officer of global advertising communication giant WPP, said, "The release of ChatGPT is a big event. This is the so-called large-scale language model and will be revolutionary. "
"It essentially takes us one step closer to the so-called General Artificial Intelligence (AGI), where machines behave like real people."
When asked if this technology is just a complex imitation of human creativity, Hulme said, "It is definitely creating new content."
"I recently asked how much it knows about me. It makes some inferences about my experience and my work experience, which does not exist on the Internet at present. It is using its predictive power and logic to try to make novel inferences. "
Cause unemployment and unrest?
Hurme also mentioned the possibility of "economic singularity" in human society in the near future. "Economic singularity" is a word coined by Kalum Chace, an expert in artificial intelligence, that is, AI technology will essentially cause large-scale social unemployment.
Hulme believes that the development of AI technology may lead to huge social unrest because the economy cannot be rebalanced. This is Hulme's worry about the future 15.
He also warned that the subversive power of artificial intelligence may automatically replace many jobs people are engaged in today, so society needs to find a balance to avoid potential social unrest.
In fact, there is a school that people can use these technologies to eliminate the friction in the process of commodity creation, which usually means labor.
Hulme is not against this view. He also believes that "food, medical care, education, energy and other fields should be automated as much as possible", and the key lies in timing.
"If we have the right time, it is possible to make all these things free. People can greatly reduce costs. People live in a rich world and are born in a world where they don't have to pay for food and education. However, if our timing is biased, human society is likely to experience great turmoil. "
ChatGPT's answer
When the question "ChatGPT will lead to mass unemployment" is thrown to ChatGPT itself, what answer does it give?
The AI program replied, "Using ChatGPT and other similar language models may lead to unemployment or changes in some industries. Automation in some fields and the ability of language models to analyze large amounts of data may lead to the obsolescence of some professions. In addition, productivity will increase under the automation mode, which may also lead to layoffs in some positions.
"However, using ChatGPT and other language models may also create new employment opportunities and new industries. It is worth noting that technological progress has always led to changes in the labor market in history, but it has not led to large-scale unemployment. "
future trend
If AI applications are saturated as expected in the future, which industries will become the biggest winners and which industries will become losers?
For this problem, Hulme mentioned that there are two definitions of artificial intelligence in all walks of life. One is to make computers do what humans can do. ChatGPT is a good example.
Secondly, some organizations define artificial intelligence as "goal-oriented adaptive behavior", that is, it can adapt to the changing world very quickly. Hulme believes that these industry organizations will be the real winners in the future.
In other words, the measure of future success is the ability of individuals or organizations to quickly adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Shagun Karki Chetri, founder of technology public relations agency Makeraves, pointed out that every content creator should learn how to use AI to create content.
Karki Chetri vividly compared those "companies that don't apply for AI" to "children who have to go to walking to school by themselves". They will go to school, but they miss all the benefits brought by their parents driving.
At present, Microsoft has invested a lot of money in ChatGPT. In 20 19, Microsoft invested 10 billion dollars in OpenAI, the owner of artificial intelligence company ChatGPT. After the new investment, Bing, the new search engine that Microsoft plans to launch, has been blessed by ChatGPT technology.
Some market participants speculate that Bing, Microsoft's search engine, may gain a technological lead among its competitors.
On the other hand, as the most famous search engine company in the world, Google is not doing nothing. It is reported that Google will release their own version of ChatGPT called Sparrow.
In addition, Buzzfeed, a new media company, recently announced that it plans to use ChatGPT technology to create some content on its website.