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Don’t worry; ChatGPT isn’t going to replace humans.
While many in media, and plenty of other fields, are haunted by doomsday scenarios in which OpenAI’s new artificially intelligent chatbot, ChatGPT, replaces every white-collar worker in America, others are more optimistic.
A few early adopters are excitedly jumping in with two feet; and quickly since Microsoft just announced a multi-billion dollar investment in the tiny startup.
At the time of this writing, high school students are undoubtedly using ChatGPT to write overdue essay papers, curious computer nerds are experimenting, and Silicon Valley power-players are trying to figure out how they are going to make money with it.
Microsoft plans to marry ChatGPT to its derelict search engine, Bing, in the coming weeks, in an effort to be more competitive with Google. So get ChatGPT now while it’s still hot, free, and unencumbered by Bing.
Not only is ChatGPT not a doomsday scenario, but it might also end up being a helpful tool, freeing up office time for higher-level work than writing this week’s blog entry or top-ten lists.
BuzzFeed has already announced it will be using ChatGPT to create some of its media content, though given the outlet’s disastrous loss of market share in recent years, it’s doubtful anyone will…