We Don't Yet Understand ChatGPTs Potential
Robert Farrell
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Robert Farrell
Developing The Next Generation Of Digital Leaders. Program Director, NED, Lecturer, Speaker, Dad.
I recently saw a Twitter post where a user described ChatGPT as the most powerful AI tool out there. Sure, it's clickbait (and misleading) but I want to explore how people can overestimate the potential of new technology. This leads to massive investment, media attention and hype before people's expectations decline to a more realistic level. In this article, I will use the Dunning–Kruger effect to show that people generally start off overconfident in their ability (to the potential of new technology) before truly understanding something new. Let's apply this to people's responses to the power of ChatGPT.
Check out my blog here to find out more about:
- ChatGPT and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
- The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Action
- Appreciating the Strengths and Limitations of ChatGPT
“The Future is Already Here, it's Just Not Very Evenly Distributed.” William Gibson.
1yI like this.
Award winning Irish-based producer at ARMY OF ID
1yNice blog post Robert! From playing around with it a bit this week I thought it is absolutely astonishing on a number of levels, particularly in terms of summarizing complex problems or devising some creative solutions to random prompts and so on. The naturalistic language does make for a more 'emotive' experience and it is a great means to seek out information without needing to go to specific websites, or be subjected to advertising or bought search results... for now! Will be very interesting to see how people will deploy it.