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Ugly Numbers from Microsoft and ChatGPT Reveal that AI Demand is Already Shrinking
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I’ve been asked, in various roles1, to give my opinion on the challenges posed by Large Language Models (LLMs)2, also known as “stochastic parrots” (Bender, Gebru, McMillan-Major, & Shmitchell, 2021), for assessing academic writing assignments. A concern seems to be that students legitimately can use these systems and that then we would be unable to assess their ability to write essays.
My opinion, in brief, is that LLMs cannot legitimately be used to write academic essays.
Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, gained a skepticism of profit-motivated companies while working at Google.
Whittaker said the Signal app, which is encrypted, intentionally holds as little user data as possible.
“On the record, loudly as possible, no!” Whittaker said, when asked if Signal plans to incorporate ChatGPT-like tools.
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