AI generated discussion has recently become a topic that has gone beyond the tech world, and is part of the headline news discussion. The debate has evolved around the value that AI can bring vs. the abuse that it enables.
As an IT professional who works in healthcare, I have seen the models that can do predictive analysis which means we can diagnose issues faster than a clinician might see the factors that combine to warn of an issue. At the same time, I daily see how that same technology is used to track my every move and fill my browser with suggestions based on what I’m looking at. It’s helpful at times, but it also throws me into pools I don’t belong in simply because I’m trying to understand what the latest splinter group is about. Can’t I ask who a group is without being labelled as one of them?
The most published concern over Chat-GPT is in high schools, colleges and universities over students using it to write papers. A tool that can write a complete paper by just asking for a topic creates a challenge for educators who will need to examine each submission that much closer. While it cannot totally copy the writing style of the student, it will require much greater scrutiny for the educator to determine if the work submitted does sound like the student’s voice.
On the positive side, I have found Chat-GPT to be very useful in creating PowerShell and Python scripts to simplify system management tasks. I would recommend keeping requests very generic to avoid inadverntant sharing of IP with the providers of the tool (if you don’t get that, make sure you read the agreement fine print very closely).
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