Here's How ChatGPT is Already Being Abused

The goal of ChatGPT is to be able to understand and respond to text inputs in a way that is similar to how a human would. Although ChatGPT doesn't always produce accurate or interesting writing, it can quickly create appropriate text for almost any prompt. This is impressive, but also dangerous.

In this slogging thread, our community discussed ChatGPT and some of its alarming applications.

This Slogging thread by Valentine Enedah, Sara Pinto, Mónica Freitas and Marco Sullivan occurred in slogging's official #technology channel, and has been edited for readability.

I've actually been playing a bit with ChatGPT recently. I didn't notice any inaccuracy yet. However, it's so popular now that I have constant issues when using it because there are so many people trying to use it at the same time.

I'm a bit shocked by some of the examples. For example, nº4. It simply shows disrespect towards an employee's work and it actually shows that even though it's an interesting tool, it won't change the necessity for a real person's touch. I think it reflects more on the people that are using it than ChatGPT itself. It's similar to the art issue when people wonder if AI-generated images will take artists' jobs.

But when it comes to cheating... let's be honest, we already did that with Google. The only thing is that's it harder to catch a cheater with ChatGPT. However, if the work isn't checked afterward, the person cheating is taking a risk. I don't know about you, but many of my school colleagues just copied what was on Wikipedia and changed it a bit, so it wasn't traced on a plagiarism website 😂

Sara Pinto ChatGPT is a great tool. I feel like it's that assistant you need to make your work easy and smooth. It might not take people's jobs due to it still relies heavily on data. If it doesn't have access to data, it is basically useless and outdated. I was pondering on where they can always get updated data and Google just came up but these are rivals right😂
So I really want to know how they can fix that.

Sara Pinto Using Chatgpt will save you time or give you more precise answers. With Google, you need to search and still select what you are looking for but with Chatgpt , it is straight to the point.👉

Okay, so some uses I get, and I don't think they're that problematic - including writing motivation letters for jobs, or help write a paper - the reason being that to do so, you'll end up doing your research and putting what other already did but slightly different on your paper. For example, if you go online now, you'll find dozens if not hundreds of examples and sample letter you can use. There's not a lot to innovate there. So chat gpt is just speeding up that research for you.

However, when it comes to malware and phishing scams, it needs serious revision and tighter monitoring or we'll have a big issue on our hands. As for writers' jobs being taken by AI, it's something we suspected would happen. Even if not fully, it'll substitute part of the writer's functions. However, you'll always need a human eye to review what the AI wrote because it may not even fit the goal

Mónica Freitas I love and agree with your perspective. I think ChatGPT gives more precise results than Google. It can only keep being this precise if it has constant access to data.
Overall, I still see ChatGPT as an ally but if it is not used the right way, it becomes a villain.

Valentine Enedah This is amazing.
I use ChatGPT to carry out research and it is very useful.
It helps me a lot in finding precise information.
I heard they now have paid subscriptions.
Are you aware of that?

Marco Sullivan Yes, so these are the current plans available.

Valentine Enedah as with any technology ever invented, there are good and bad uses. That has more to do with human nature than technology I think

Mónica Freitas Yes, moderation of its use is key.