Era of AI People reflect on AI developments

It was the day of his language arts essay deadline, and a sophomore, who asked to remain anonymous due to potential disciplinary consequences, only had a blank document to submit.

“ChatGPT, write an essay about your journey as a researcher using hero archetypes.”

Within seconds of receiving the prompt, ChatGPT generated an essay tailored to the inserted prompt and minutes later, he turned in the essay.

“I just wanted to try the software out, but it didn’t really fit the prompt correctly. I got a pretty bad grade,” the student said.

ChatGPT, launched in November by OpenAI, is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that interacts with users in a conversational manner. This nature allows users to ask questions and receive answers or insert a prompt and obtain a detailed response.

The emergence of ChatGPT demonstrates a larger rise in AI. AI is expected to infiltrate daily life by 2025, play a greater role in certain jobs and impact human intelligence, according to Forbes.

Impact at MHS

Junior Abhiram Permareddy first learned of ChatGPT when he was exploring the artificial intelligence with his friends. While he has not used the software on school work, his friends have tested ChatGPT’s use on a couple homework assignments.

“It was really interesting to see how well it can just do it right when you ask it a question,” Permareddy said.

As a student interested in computer science, Per-