E41, ChatGPT - It's so powerful that it is scary. I spent 2 weeks playing with the technology and here is everything to know about it

I spent the last ten days playing with this tech, a tech that is promising to disrupt our future. It has scared a lot of people. Why am I excited? I'll explain.

This tech will disrupt marketing, education, research, customer service, support, and business.? Its potential is 1000x compared to blockchain. Let me bring you up to speed if you have been out of the loop.

The tech is ChatGPT.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT on 30th Nov.

It is a chatbot specializing in dialogue. It has been tuned under the supervision and various learning technologies.

Under the hood, it is a transformer and belongs to GPT 3.5 family.

ChatGPT is growing

ChatGPT is the younger cousin to the chatbots we all see on landing pages and websites of tech companies.

Just a gazillion times smarter...

and of some use. ?? Not a Sales trap. (no pun intended)

ChatGPT has already crossed a million users since its launch.

and this is when it is in the testing phase.?

ChatGPT acquired a million users in 5 days.

Facebook acquired those in 10 months.

Instagram took 2.5 months to reach.

A Million users in 5 days.

It is Spreading like wildfire - is an understatement.

Everyone who is experiencing it has had that jaw-dropping moment.

Me too.

The healthcare use case from a doctor's office ??

Watch this video of a healthcare use case.

A doc orders a prescription justification for a patient. ChatGPT writes a solid draft with medical jargon and sights study references.

People have written apps built using chatGPT's prompts.

Debugging code with a chatbot has gained momentum.

It has become a debugging companion for developers.

it helps by looping through debugging -> explaining the issue -> and showing a fix.?

Zain Khan did a complete Marketing analysis with ChatGPT. In 5 minutes, he picked up a topic niche, researched keywords, and generated blog ideas. he emphasized that the ChatGPT did what a marketing intern-level person would do in a day's time with ok-ish quality and get paid $60k per month.

I personally went on to leverage chatGPT to get title suggestions for the article, focused on SEO and other things. All the suggestions came out with a decent Title ranking.

This is fantastic!

It provides you with a great starting point. a first draft. to get you in the flow.

People have taken it to pick up some creative tasks and the results have been astonishing.

ChatGPT crafted a movie plot.

People have used it to generate funny stuff too.

Fears of this tech

The potential is crazy.

This is scaring people who can already see AI taking over jobs and opportunities.

I see this as a great tool and extension for mankind.

• MS Excel did not really remove the need for accountants.
• Photoshop didn't remove the need for a photographer or a designer.

These tools amplified our speed, quality, and repeatability and got rid of redundant steps.

People are saying- "kids won't have to write essays" or "professionals will lose jobs".

These are unfounded fears.

A kid that took 10 hours to research a topic now may be able to research it in 5 mins.

They would rather focus on thinking about what angle he/she wants to focus their essay or thesis on.

A techie will focus on solving problems rather than trying to create large reports.

Documentation for code or design documents that were seen as a waste of time by techies, but seen as long-term assets, could now be created in minutes if the bot could review your design.

I see this tool will allow us to focus on solving problems rather than on items that take too much cognitive load on our brains. and that too at scale.

Genuine issues

Here are some genuine issues though (I am positive these could be fixed with time).

• When an engine provides information with some authority, are people going to fact-check it? I think it is very similar to the fake news situation. the news is delivered with such confidence, and all around you that it clouds reality. Andrew NG pointed out this issue with language models, which can spit out the nonsense in an authoritative tone.

• There is a significant number of biases in the data which transpire through these models. The biases naturally become part of the recommendation as they originate from our data fed to the models. the biases can be color, race, authority, or region.
• The models are as good as the data. Governance of what data will play a huge role.
• Finally, ChatGPT and tools like it are immensely powerful. We are seeing it because they are open for public preview today. What happens when a select few only have access to this tool? it can be a major differentiator among people and even across countries in their race for power and influence.

Happy Holidays & Cheers

Saurabh