ChatGPT Leaves Writer Frantic

Henry Williams is one of untold numbers of writers who have played with new AI autowriter ChatGPT in the past two months — and is terrified.

Observes Williams: “I’m a copywriter. I’m pretty sure artificial intelligence is going to take away my job.”

Williams arrived at that disturbing conclusion after prompting ChatGPT to autowrite a technology article — which took the tech about 30 seconds.

Observes Williams: “The result was impressive. Sure, the tone was inhuman and the structure as sophisticated as a college essay.

“But the key points, the grammar and the syntax were all spot-on.

“After a bit of a punch-up, it was perfectly passable as a sponsored content article designed to drum-up business leads for a software provider – an article like the one that I, a professional copywriter, had just spent hours writing.”

Bottom line: ChatGPT had auto-created an article in 30 seconds that Williams generally sells for 500 English pounds — or about $US 619.

For a quick study on the frenzy over ChatGPT, check-out, “ChatGPT: Next Generation AI Writing Arrives,” by Joe Dysart.

In other AI-generated writing news:

*In-Depth Guide: Smartwriter.ai: Josh Pocock offers a 38-minute overview of this AI autowriter, which specializes in spitting-out personalized emails for marketing and outreach.

The use cases the tool is designed to excel at include:

~Outreaches on LinkedIn

~Personalized email icebreakers

~Personalized Instagram comments

~Personalized requests for links from other Web sites to your own

Smartwriter.ai also comes with a Chrome extension.

*Microsoft Reportedly to Invest $10 Billion More in ChatGPT-Maker: OpenAI — maker of the wildly popular ChatGPT autowriter — has hit the jackpot, reportedly receiving a promise of $10 billion in new funding to be doled out by Microsoft over the next few years.

Microsoft already has exclusive rights to license OpenAI’s technology — a concession it won when it invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2020.

Moving forward, Microsoft plans to focus on bringing AI tools to the market, saying that “developers and organizations across industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models and tool chain,” according to this New York Times piece.

*Google Founders Scramble to Neutralize ChatGPT Threat: Stunned by the viral popularity of ChatGPT since its release late last year, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have scrambled with top Google execs to forge a counter-attack.

High on their strategy list: Infusing the Google search engine with new AI chat features — given that ChatGPT also has the ability to be used as a search engine in an easy — although not always accurate — way.

Observes writer Nicole Grant: “Google now intends to unveil more than 20 new products — and demonstrate a version of its search engine with chatbot features this year.”

*AI Email Marketing Nailed: Top Tools for Messaging: Writer James Tyrell has put together an excellent rundown on key AI-powered email marketing tools in this piece.

Among those recommended:

~SHAKESpeare, an AI writer that has been trained on data from thousands of successful cold email campaigns

~Flowrite, an AI email writer that offers a handy Chrome extension

~WordHero, a relatively inexpensive AI writer

*ChatGPT in Schooling? — Bring It On: Education experts Joe Ricketts and Ray Ravaglia are all in when it comes to adding AI writer ChatGPT to school curriculums.

Their reasoning: Who needs writing skills when you can use ChatGPT to develop essential skills such as identifying context, analyzing arguments, staking positions, drawing conclusions and stating those positions persuasively.

According to the two: Essentially, schools must remember that “the value created by education isn’t a head full of facts.

“It’s a person with the skill to use these facts with the tools available to magnify his effect in the world.

“AI is best seen as another of these tools, which, when used strategically, can unleash student learning and performance in ways not yet seen.”

*Four-Hour AI Writing Webinar Slated for March 30: Fresh on the heels of ChatGPT’s release, Marketing AI Institute is offering a four-hour seminar on how to maximize your use of AI writing.

The focus of the March seminar includes:

~Discovering the current state of AI writing technologies, including ChatGPT

~Learning about dozens of AI writing use cases and tools

~Taking a look at the potential negative effects of AI on writers

Admission to the four-hour seminar is free to attendees who are willing to share a bit of their contact info.

*Siri Gets Smarter With ChatGPT: Apple’s voice chatbot Siri got a bump in IQ after it was fused with ChatGPT by a researcher.

Some enhanced commands available with the experimental combination:

~Instead of “Turn on the lights,” you can instruct Siri, “My wife will be here in 15 minutes. When she goes to park, turn on the lights for her outside.”

~Instead of “Raise the temperature,” you can instruct Siri, “Set the thermostat in the bedroom to a temperature that you think would make it easier for me to go to sleep”.

*Quickstudy: OpenAI, the Company Behind ChatGPT: This piece in The Times of India offers a handy, succinct look at:

~How OpenAI came to be

~Who its key players are

~The specific genre of AI research the company is engaged in

~What Microsoft’s role is in OpenAI

And more.

It’s great reading for a quick understanding of the AI company that’s shaking the writing world to its core.

*AI Big Picture: AI Needs Its Own Regulatory Agency — Fast: California Congressman Ted Lieu — also a computer programmer — is wary of the widespread disruption AI appears to be promising.

His solution: A special regulatory agency created for artificial intelligence, ASAP.

Observes Lieu: “As one of just three members of Congress with a computer science degree, I am enthralled by AI and excited about the incredible ways it will continue to advance society.

“And as a member of Congress, I am freaked out by AI — specifically AI that is left unchecked and unregulated.”

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.