The viral chatbot wasn’t up to writing a WIRED newsletter. But it's fluent enough to raise questions about how to keep eloquent AI systems accountable.
I asked the bot to write a column about itself in the style of Steven Levy, but the results weren’t great. ChatGPT served up generic commentary about the promise and pitfalls of AI, but didn’t really capture Steven’s voice or say anything new. As I wrote, it was fluent, but not entirely convincing.
Amit Katwala: ChatGPT can pen everything from classical poetry to bland marketing copy, but one big talking point this week has been whether it could help students cheat. Do you think you could tell if one of your students had used it to write a paper?
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