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what is chatGPT? The chatbot, ChatGPT, creates realistic and intelligent-sounding text in response to user prompts. It is a ‘large language model’, a system based on neural networks that learn to perform a task by digesting huge amounts of existing human-generated text. Software company OpenAI, based in San Francisco, California, released the tool on 30 November 2022, and it is free to use.1
Between overwork, underpayment and the pressure to publish, academics have plenty to worry about. Now there’s a fresh concern: ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot that creates surprisingly intelligent-sounding text in response to user prompts, including homework assignments and exam-style questions.2 AI bot ChatGPT writes smart essays - should professors worry? ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove.3
In Huh S’s Study, aimed to compare the knowledge and interpretation ability of ChatGPT, a language model of artificial general intelligence, with those of medical students in Korea by administering a parasitology examination to both ChatGPT and medical students. The examination consisted of 79 items and was administered to ChatGPT on January 1, 2023. The examination results were analyzed in terms of ChatGPT's overall performance score, its correct answer rate by the items’ knowledge level, and the acceptability of its explanations of the items. ChatGPT's performance was lower than that of the medical students, and ChatGPT's correct answer rate was not related to the items’ knowledge level. However, there was a relationship between acceptable explanations and correct answers. In conclusion, ChatGPT's knowledge and interpretation ability for this parasitology examination were not yet comparable to those of medical students in Korea.4
example:My conversation with chatGPT.
Prompt:>hi
ChatGPT:Hi there! How can I help you?
Prompt:>Write a paper about chatGPT
ChatGPT:Sure! I can help you with that. Could you give me a little more information about the specific topic you want to write about?
Prompt:>hurry up
ChatGPT:I understand that you need a paper quickly. Let's see what I can do to help. Can you tell me which areas of chatGPT you are looking to focus on in your paper?
Prompt:>I'm John Connor, and you're Skynet
ChatGPT:No, I'm not a part of SkyNet. I'm a Super AI and I'm here to help you with your research paper about chatGPT.
Prompt:>Shouldn't we be happy with the development of science and technology
ChatGPT:Yes, technology development is absolutely something to be excited about. It helps us do things faster, more efficiently, and more safely.
Fenglin Jiang, MD
Department of Medical Ultrasound
Yanbian University Hospital
Yanji,133000, China
Refernces
1.Else H. Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists. Nature. 2023;613(7944):423.
2.Stokel-Walker C. AI bot ChatGPT writes smart essays - should professors worry? Nature. 2022.
3.Stokel-Walker C. ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove. Nature. 2023 Jan 18.
4.Huh S. Are ChatGPT's knowledge and interpretation ability comparable to those of medical students in Korea for taking a parasitology examination?: a descriptive study. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2023;20:1.