What is ChatGPT?

I first heard about ChatGPT, a few months ago when my friends told me that they were using it to write blogs. A few weeks ago, NPR aired a story on it and now I find it constantly coming up. A friend of mine has integrated ChatGPT so that it will automatically respond to customer inquiries on his support forum. Another friend uses it to write copy for his real estate listings. My high school aged daughter used it to generate an angry letter. I have used it personally to help me write blogs for my own startup, KidneyLuv. Microsoft is reportedly going to invest $10 billion into OpenAi, the developer of ChatGPT.

So this begs the question, what is ChatGPT? So, in writing this blog, I thought it was fitting to have ChatGPT do a write up of itself.

Me: Write an 800 word blog describing ChatGPT.

ChatGPT: ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI that is capable of generating human-like text. It is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, which utilizes a deep neural network with attention mechanisms to generate text.

One of the key features of ChatGPT is its ability to perform a wide range of language tasks, including text completion, text generation, and question answering. This is made possible by the model's vast amount of training data and its ability to understand and generate context-aware responses.

ChatGPT is trained on a massive dataset of over 570GB of text data, which includes a diverse range of content such as books, articles, and websites. This allows the model to have a deep understanding of various topics and the ability to generate text that is coherent and fluent.

The model can be fine-tuned for specific tasks, such as language translation or summarization, by providing it with additional training data for that task. This allows for the model to be highly adaptable and versatile.

One of the most impressive capabilities of ChatGPT is its ability to generate human-like text. The model can generate text that is not only grammatically correct but also coherent and fluent. It can also understand and respond to context, making its generated text feel more natural and realistic.

Another advantage of ChatGPT is its ability to generate text quickly. The model can generate text in real-time, making it useful for a variety of applications such as chatbots, language translation, and summarization.

ChatGPT can also be used for question answering. The model is able to understand the context of a question and generate an accurate and coherent answer. This is made possible by the model's ability to understand the relationships between words and concepts, allowing it to make inferences and draw conclusions.

Despite its impressive capabilities, ChatGPT is not without its limitations. One limitation is that, like all language models, it is prone to making mistakes and generating text that is not accurate or appropriate. Additionally, the model's responses may sometimes lack originality, as it is based on the training data it has seen.

In conclusion, ChatGPT is a powerful language model developed by OpenAI that can perform a wide range of language tasks. Its ability to understand and generate context-aware responses, coupled with its vast amount of training data, makes it capable of generating human-like text that is coherent, fluent and realistic. Its ability to fine-tune for specific tasks and generate text quickly makes it highly adaptable and versatile. However, it is not without limitations, and the model's responses may sometimes lack originality, as it is based on the training data it has seen.

Making an Image for this Blog

So every blog needs a picture and I went to Open AI’s image generator, DALL·E 2 and asked it to “Generate a Picture of ChatGPT.” Honestly, it came up with some bizarre images. I guess self reflection isn’t its strong suit. I tweaked the request several times and these are some of the images I found useable for this blog.

Final Thoughts

ChatGPT is pretty amazing. I found it very useful but at the same time a little terrifying. Is this how SkyNet started? and will some day, we will become human batteries that will serve our robot overlords? From my use of it personally, it’s been helpful in writing some of my blogs but I also found that it can make stuff up. So if you do use it, make sure you proof the content. The other issue is that it looks like a lot of people are using it so I kept getting messages that it was unavailable. I do recommend checking it out. It’s useful but it won’t replace us (yet).

About Rich Foreman

As founding CTO, Rich led the team that developed the CordicoShield / CordicoFire Wellness App. Cordico was honored with the Sacramento Innovation Award in 2021. After achieving a 7 digit ARR, Cordico was acquired by Lexipol in 2020. Rich has a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, an MPA from Troy State University and was an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Rich co-authored his book, "Tap into the Mobile Economy." Rich's blog was listed in Top 20 Marketing Mobile Blogs of 2014. He has been featured on KCRA3, NEWS10, 1170 Tech AM PowerDrive, Business Radio Money 105.5, SiliconIndia, the Sacramento Business Journal, and the Sacramento Bee. Rich is also the Founding Director of the Sacramento Chapter of Startup Grind and served a term as Utility Commissioner for the City of Folsom. Rich is a regular contributor to TechWire.net and StartupSac.com. Rich was the Co-founder of Apptology which was named Small Business of the Year in 2014 by the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber.