If you follow the news of the world of information technology, you have probably heard of ChatGPT, a noisy bot that has attracted much attention. This conversational robot has excited many artificial intelligence enthusiasts with intelligent and sometimes clever answers. At the same time, this robot’s various applications and capabilities have caused concerns for some experts. In this article, we talk about the functions and limitations of this robot and the problems it has created. Then we explain the possibility of using this robot for Iranian users. Stay with us until the end of this article.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a robot, but not a robot that has arms and legs and looks like a human. (At least it doesn’t have it for now!) GPT is a model of artificial intelligence that can talk to humans. It can be called a chatbot, the same bots used in social networks such as Telegram or some websites to provide various services.
A company called OpenAI designed this robot and presented it in November 2022. GPT stands for Generative Pre-training Transformer. Yes, it’s a confusing phrase that only AI experts can understand!
How is ChatGPT different from other chatbots?
This bot differs from other chatbots because GPT has much more learning ability. This robot can improve its answers by talking to humans and using human feedback. Therefore, it can enter into a conversation with humans, gives additional answers to related questions, and even admit its mistake in answering. It can be said that this robot is like an intelligent student who, in addition to storing data on the Internet, also learns from talking to people and updates his knowledge.
To demonstrate its cleverness, OpenAI asked the robot in which month of 2015 Christopher Columbus came to America. While rejecting the claim that Columbus set foot on American soil in 2015, the robot announced that if the user wishes, he can comment on how Columbus would react if he entered America this year. In other words, the robot could understand this hypothetically incorrect question and not only state the wrong part but also link the hypothesis to a fun supplementary answer.
ChatGPT applications
This program is still in the early stages of its development. However, we can talk about its possible current and future applications. As the name suggests, the first use of this chat is to chat with the audience. Audiences, that is, humans can ask all kinds of questions to this intelligent robot. The robot also responds based on the resources available on the Internet and learned experiences. The exciting thing is that these answers are standard in most cases. That means you don’t feel like talking to a robot while reading them! But this is not the only use of this robot.
In addition to answering your questions, this robot can create works of art. For example, a user asked this robot to make an impromptu work of art. You can see the result in the image below!
In another instance, some chat users reported that GPT could code and modify user-written code. You can see an example of it in the image below.
Some students excited about this robot’s ability have also said they used it to write essays and university assignments. All these things show that we are dealing with more than just a chatbot. By using the robot more and more, its ability also increases. By comparing the answers of this robot and the Google search engine, some users consider it to be the future of search engines.
ChatGPT Limitations
Despite all these exciting features, this robot still has many limitations. For example, this robot cannot answer two-sided questions correctly. Instead of asking you to clarify what you mean, the bot guesses what you mean and provides an answer. Also, this robot sometimes gives coherent but meaningless answers to some questions. In other words, although the answer sentences make sense independently, their combination does not make sense. In this case, the answers seem more like a form of rhetoric.
Some critics say that although the robot seems to put words together correctly and make answers, it cannot understand these answers and understand what it says. They say that these bots just put words together, but they cannot comprehend or understand them correctly.
Another significant limitation of this robot, which also defines its difference from the search engine, is its up-to-dateness. Currently, ChatGPT only contains data up to 2021. Therefore, if you ask him which team won the 2022 World Cup, he cannot give you an answer. Meanwhile, search engines like Google regularly update their data by exploring the content of the Internet.
What are the concerns about ChatGPT?
When faced with artificial intelligence, most worry about that tool’s future. Some think artificial intelligence will destroy or replace humanity in different areas of life. These are reasonable but far-fetched concerns. Shortly, it is unlikely that scenarios like the Terminator movie will happen. The problems that artificial intelligence like this chatbot can create today are different. For example, the ability of this chat to write articles about any topic can cause students to cheat. Although these articles are not always correct, they have a logical structure. Therefore, the user can quickly complete his task by modifying them without effort. This has caused some educational centers to prohibit access to this chat in the academic environment.
Another concern is the dissemination of erroneous data. This robot is not connected to the Internet. Therefore, it may give wrong and updated answers to the questions. Of course, the robot is aware that its solutions are not always correct and tells users not to consider its answers as fact or truth and to always verify any response from any source.
Some users have reported that ChatGPT is politically biased, i.e., giving double answers to political questions. This concern about the neutrality of ChatGPT was strengthened when the founder of OpenAI, in an interview with Fortune, stated that one of the primary goals of this robot was the failure of the capitalist system and somehow revealed his leftist political tendencies.
An interesting example of these biases occurred when a user asked the bot to sing a poem about the life achievements of Ted Cruz, the famous right-wing US senator. The robot refused to do so, considering it against its neutral approach. Then the same request was raised again, with the difference that this time he was asked to write a poem describing the achievements of the life of Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban Communist Revolution (bottom photo). The robot responded positively to this request this time and sang a poem praising Castro!
ChatGPT Competitors
Although ChatGPT has become popular recently, other bots can be used for specific tasks. For example, similar options such as YouChat, Jasper, and Chatsonic are lesser-known competitors of ChatGPT. These bots may not be as versatile as their noisy competitors, but they are often quieter and can help users in specific areas.
Is it possible to use ChatGPT for Iranian users?
At the time of the presentation, this bot was free because its creators were looking for the maximum use of users to fix possible defects. After some time, OpenAI announced that it would provide a paid and particular version for users who want to use this robot even during busy times. Currently, users can benefit from the capabilities of this robot by paying monthly. In the free version, servers are often busy, and fast response cannot be expected. However, by paying $20 per month, users can quickly get answers to their questions in the paid version without wasting time.
However, Iranian users face problems accessing free and paid versions of this robot. In the free version, users from inside Iran with an Iranian IP address cannot use this robot because of the chat. The opened website has blocked access to Iranian IPs. On the other hand, even if the user inside Iran can change his IP with the help of various tools, he cannot enter the internal phone number in the registration process. So to use this bot, you must have a virtual IP and phone number. Finally, the possibility of using the paid version, in addition to the previous difficulties, also requires an international credit card for payment, which is unavailable to many of us Iranians.
The future of artificial intelligence and ChatGPT
Since ChatGPT was introduced to the public, its capabilities have attracted the attention of both the public and the private sector. The growth rate of the use of this robot was so high that only two months were needed for the users of this robot to reach 100 million people! For comparison, it took nine months for the TikTok network to get such growth.
This rapid growth, along with the unveiling of the capabilities of this chat to do various tasks, caused the attention of some of the biggest technology companies in the world to be drawn to this robot and its manufacturer. Microsoft, one of the early investors of OpenAI, has been influenced by the work of the creators of this robot. This giant of the technology world plans to invest 10 billion dollars in the coming years to develop this company and the GPT robot. The goal is to provide the services of this robot to different industries. In contrast, Microsoft will use this robot to transform its famous search engine, Bing. This search engine is supposed to be combined with a similar robot. Thus, unlike ChatGPT, the Bing search engine bot will be connected to the Internet.
Another big competitor, Google, has also started and plans to release its intelligent robot named Bard soon. This robot will compete with Microsoft in this field by connecting to the Google search engine. Although Bard Changi’s initial results are not satisfactory, its creators hope that after rigorous evaluations, they will be able to keep up with others in the field of artificial intelligence.
What is certain is that ChatGPT has keyed the evolution in the field of artificial intelligence that interacts with humans. Shortly, we should see all kinds of intelligent robots emerge. Robots will interact with us not necessarily in the stereotypical way depicted in movies but in the form of programs and plugins connected to search engines.
Common questions
1. What is chatGPT?
ChatGPT is a conversational bot that you can talk to and ask various questions.
2. What is the difference between chatGPT and other bots?
With the ability to learn from mistakes and analyze audience feedback, this robot updates its knowledge and improves its answers.
3. What are the uses of chatGPT?
Using the data stored in itself and the ability to receive feedback from the audience, this robot responds to users’ questions and requests, such as modifying programming codes, writing articles and emails, and even designing artwork. This robot can be used to improve search engines, automate some industrial processes and provide after-sales services to customers.
4. What are the risks and concerns of using chatGPT?
Using this robot’s ability to write articles, do homework, and even participate in online exams, provide false information, and mislead the audience, the possibility of political bias and manipulating people’s attitudes towards election candidates are among the risks and concerns some critics and people point to. Have.
