ChatGPT: Everything you should know

ChatGPT is “an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. One of the key benefits of ChatGPT is its ability to understand and respond to natural language queries. This makes it easier for organizations to communicate with their clients, answer their questions and provide them with the information they need.

Here is everything you should know about ChatGPT.

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is an AI-based chatbot system that OpenAI launched in November 2022. OpenAI is known for creating Whisper, an automatic speech recognition system, and DALLE•2, an AI image and art generator.

ChatGPT makes use of the company’s GPT-3 technology, which stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, and is an autoregressive language model which uses deep learning to produce human-like text. It is a language-processing AI model, and right now one of the most popular.

The GPT-3 training model uses a “generative pre-training” training method – meaning that it is trained in a way that it can predict what token is next. For this to happen, the model requires an initial prompt text and then it will continue to produce text using that initial prompt.

It is a model that focuses purely on language, so it has an in-depth understanding of the written and spoken word.

Some use cases of ChatGPT are:

• Writing short-length content such as poems and limericks
• Writing lengthy content such as research papers.
• Explaining topics in layman’s terms or in-depth knowledge
• Brainstorming topics and ideas
• Personalized communication, for example, email responses
• Virtual assistant that speaks in a natural and engaging tone
• Summarizing long content in a shorter form
• Language translations
• Marketing content

How Does ChatGPT Work?

As mentioned before, OpenAI used Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). The human AI trainers played both the user and AI assistant and provided conversations to help build natural and engaging responses.

Reinforcement learning uses a reward signal/system that helps the machine learning model improve. OpenAI collected comparison data, two or more model responses that were ranked by quality.

What can people do with ChatGPT?

The model has many functions in addition to answering simple questions, such as composing essays, describing art in great detail, creating AI art prompts, and having philosophical conversations, and it can even code for you. 

How can you access ChatGPT?

You can access ChatGPT simply by

• Visiting chat.openai.com and creating an OpenAI account.
• Once you sign in, you are able to start chatting away with ChatGPT.
• Get your conversation started by asking a question. 

Due to the fact that ChatGPT is still in its research stage, it is free to use and you can ask as many questions as you please.

What is the difference between ChatGPT and a search engine?

ChatGPT is a language model created with the purpose of holding a conversation with the end user. A search engine indexes web pages on the internet to help the user find the information they asked for. ChatGPT does not have the ability to search the internet for information. 

Is ChatGPT smart enough to pass an MBA exam?

Simply put, yes. A professor at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania’s business school, used ChatGPT to take an MBA exam and the results were quite impressive. 

ChatGPT now offers premium services

As of February 1, 2023, ChatGPT offers a paid subscription model called ChatGPT Professional. With chatbots skyrocketing in popularity, it was only a matter of time before OpenAI rolled out a paid subscription model. 

The professional plan gives users general access even during peak times when the free version is at capacity, which lately, has been often. 

AI is very much here to stay, so if you are a student or tech personnel or just an individual concerned about how you can make your work easier, then, you should check out ChatGPT.