What ChatGPT knows about you and why you should be concerned
When was the last time you Googled yourself? You never did that?! C’mon everyone does it! If you are active on social media, your social media profiles will feature prominently on the first results page including your LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram presence - all websites you somehow control directly. Google might also include other websites that mention you.
Try the same search on ChatGPT, and you might be in for a big surprise. I asked ChatGPT to write a short bio for myself, and this is the first paragraph:
ChatGPT claims I was born in 1971 in Switzerland, have lived in Belgium and studied political science – Spoiler: It is all wrong! I am a bit older, I was born in Germany, I’ve never lived in Belgium, and wish I had studied political science. The overly complimentary biography is studded with factual errors and false information.
I have since replied to the machine, correcting the falsehoods. Several days later, ChatGPT still insists on embellishing my profile:
No, I didn’t author The Social Media Handbook for Financial Advisors, nor The Social Media Bible for Policymakers, but thanks for the mention, ChatGPT.
The results using Bing’s AI chatbot are a bit more factual with most of the information correctly sourced and largely culled from the About section of my LinkedIn profile.
However, this example clearly shows that you should not trust ChatGPT. For better results, make sure your public social media profiles - and especially your LinkedIn bio - are up to date. Chances are recruiters might search for you online.
Industrial Organizational Psychologist - Human Resources Generalist
1 年Thank you for the inspiration to try this. I found the responses from AI somewhat amusing and decided to write an article too.
Communications coach & business writer | D&I advocate | Founder & Managing Director, Dabusti Wilson Communications GmbH
1 年Wow! Excellent experiment, thanks for sharing Matthias Lüfkens I might just try that myself ????
Seasoned professional in strategic partnerships, project management & global events.Skilled in cross-cultural collaboration, multi-stakeholder engagement & driving growth. Multilingual with a strong international network
1 年while agree ChatGPT is not a search engine I went ahead and gave it a try. I'm clearly less known than you Matthias Lüfkens ?? I guess I need to work more on my social media profile...
Helping individuals and organisations communicate, align and shape change
1 年It’s not what this powerful tool is made for ??
Barde et scribe du IIIe millénaire / Multiclassé
1 年Improper use. It is not a search engine, but a make engine. And because it is a building machine, it... makes stuff up. The problem is: It does scarcely say "I don't know" or "I'm not sure". He's basically a boot-licker.