Say Goodbye to the Pen and Hello to ChatGPT: The AI Taking Over Essays, Jobs, and Everything In-Between

George Barsted Science Editor

The rise of artificial intelligence has brought with it numerous advancements, including powerful language models like ChatGPT.

This technology is making waves in education and the workplace, challenging the way we think about information, work, and even jobs.

ChatGPT and AI are making a noticeable impact - from the takeover of essay-based subjects, to the issue of plagiarism, and the potential replacement of humans.

These developments have farreaching consequences and it’s important for students and workers to understand the implications.

Both the title and the introduction above in this piece were written via prompts in ChatGPT, an AI language model that is currently in a testing phase but open to public use.

It’s run by OpenAI, a team of researchers based out of California who are now valued at around £25 billion. They want to make in their words AI, “that is easy to use, and benefits humanity existential risk to the population. Experts argue both of these scenarios are very unlikely.

OpenAI aims for the evenest distribution of artificial intelligence across humanity, and whilst it seems like a lofty goal the technology so far has had varied reactions.

ChatGPT is however a worry for academics. With the ability to write coherent essays and articles, just like this introduction, there are concerns assessments may become easier to cheat on.

Since the essays are randomly generated from the wide database that ChatGPT takes from, plagiarism detectors often have trouble identifying those who have used such software.

Much like essay mills, the use of AI is forbidden for university assessment but experts are warning it is getting away which is why some think humans need to adapt to work alongside it instead of against it. as a whole.” Whilst this seems a fairly noble pursuit, some people aren’t particularly convinced.

Viewing it as a new kind of industrial revolution that can speed up processes but still requires human input means that jobs probably aren’t going to be on the chopping block.

Some hope that the development of these types of software will mean we work alongside not against artificial intelligence. The jury is still out on what the future holds for it.

Since its inception ideas of artificial intelligence have been seen as simultaneously utopian and dystopian.

It could solve some of the big problems humanity faces or in more pessimistic views, prove an harder and harder to detect. The solution for assessments, is likely a return to inperson, handwritten exams to maintain standards of integrity.

Artificial intelligence isn’t going

Microsoft decided to place a 10 billion dollar investment into the software. A show of faith in a company that they believe will be profitable for them at some point down the road. Whether it’s going to make that money by replacing humans or enhancing their skills remains to be seen.