An astounding 89% of students readily admit using ChatGPT to help with homework, according to a new report from Study.com.
Observes writer Chris Westfall: “A brave new world is already here, with implications for cheating and plagiarism, to be sure.
“But an even deeper implication points to the very nature of learning itself, when ChatGPT has become a super-charged repository for what is perhaps the most human of all inventions: the synthesis of our language.”
Other insights from the study:
~ 48% of students admitted to using ChatGPT for an at-home test or quiz
~53% used ChatGPT to write an essay
~22% have used ChatGPT to write an outline for a paper
In other AI-generated writing news:
*In-Depth Guide: Jasper Chat: Jasper expert ‘Corrie Who Writes’ offers an excellent overview of the AI writer’s answer to ChatGPT — Jasper Chat — in this video.
Both AI writers offer users a way to quickly auto-generate on-point text.
Corrie’s takeaway: “It’s very intuitive to use — it’s just like chatting with a colleague or an assistant.”
An affiliate marketer for Jasper, Corrie is far-and-away one of the most engaging, insightful and knowledgeable Jasper experts you’ll find on YouTube.
And she has plenty of other excellent Jasper-related training videos you can check-out on her channel.
*Insider Tip: With ChatGPT, the ‘Prompt’ is King: Advanced users of ChatGPT have discovered that the Prompt — the question or command you use to trigger what the AI writer will auto-generate for you — is key to high-quality writing.
This article at MakeUseOf.com offers a great rundown on resources you can use to learn how to create prompts offering killer results.
Observes writer Mihir Patkar: “Like learning Google search operators to get the best search results, you’ll need to learn how to frame prompts for ChatGPT to give you the best responses — also known as Prompt Engineering (PE).
“It can be a little complicated for beginners.
“But that’s why several experienced users online share how to write ChatGPT prompts for the best answers.”
*Hundreds of AI-Written Books Flood Amazon: The inevitable has occurred: Hundreds of books auto-generated by ChatGPT are now vying for buyers on Amazon.
So far, close to 300 AI-generated books — on titles ranging from self-help to children’s fiction — have popped-up on the bookseller, according to writer Anthony Cuthbertson.
Adds Cuthbertson: “Due to the nature of ChatGPT and many authors’ failure to disclose they have used it, it is nearly impossible to get a full accounting of how many e-books may be written by AI.”
*Sports Illustrated All-In On AI Writing: Add the bible-on-all-things-sports as the latest publication to start relying heavily on AI-generated writing.
Observes writer Mark Harris: Sports Illustrated “will be working with AI startups Jasper and Nota as part of an effort to generate stories that pull information from its own library content.
“The company is also using tech from OpenAI, the creator of the popular application ChatGPT — which quickly creates human-like content.”
*Spotify Releases AI-Powered DJ: Spotify Premium users in the U..S and Canada now have the option to have a DJ — powered by in part by ChatGPT — to spin tunes for them.
Still in beta, the artificial DJ is designed to broadcast in a ‘stunningly realistic’ voice and serves-up insightful facts about the music, artist and music genres you’re listening to, according to writer Todd Spangler.
Users can activate the AI-powered DJ by going to the music feed on ‘Home’ and tapping ‘Play’ on the DJ card.
*AI Writing Spotters: Most Falling Short: TechCrunch reports that most services designed to suss-out writing created by artificial intelligence are failing “spectacularly.”
A number of services were put through their paces in TechCrunch’s test, including OpenAI’s own classifier, AI Writing Check, GPTZero, Copyleaks, GPT Radar, CatchGPT and Originality.ai.
Observes writer Kyle Wiggers: “Generally speaking, AI-text detectors do a poor job of — well, detecting.
“GPTZero was the only consistent performer, classifying AI-generated text correctly five-out-of-seven times.”
*GenerativeAI Conference Draws 1,000+: Techie insiders hip to the potential of AI-generated writing and similar swarmed a San Francisco conference earlier this month for a group grok on where the tech is — and where it’s going.
Observes writer Matthew Kupfer: “Hold the jokes about nerds unable to get dates: In 2023, AI people are probably much cooler and more dateable than you.”
Observes Antin Gupta, vice president, Noodle.ai, who was at the conference: Generative AI will “make everyone a creator.”
*Real Estate Agents: I Can’t Imagine Working Without ChatGPT: Given that ChatGPT — with the right prompt — can auto-generate a property listing in a matter of seconds, it’s no wonder Realtors are flocking to the tool.
Says JJ Johannes, a Realtor and early adopter of ChatGPT: “My background is in technology and writing something eloquent takes time.
“This made it so much easier.”
For an in-depth, step-by-step look on how to use ChatGPT to auto-generate a high-quality property listing, check out this video.
Also included in the video is a quick backgrounder on ChatGPT — as well as a look at ChatGPT’s emerging competitors.
One sidenote: If you already have the lowdown on ChatGPT, click ahead to time-stamp 3:00 in the video to get right to the demo on how to use ChatGPT in an advanced way to auto-generate property listings.
*AI Big Picture: IBM CEO: AI Will Take-Over “Clerical White-Collar Work”: Apparently, the dystopian future when flesh-and-blood types will be competing in earnest with AI-generated alternatives is a bit closer than some of us have imagined.
Observes Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM: “I think (practical AI use) is here and now.”
Krishna’s theory: AI is very good at automating processes in the enterprise and “there are hundreds of such processes inside every enterprise.
“So I do think clerical white collar work is going to be able to be replaced by this.”
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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.