ChatGPT : - an attempt to malign ?

 

 

Last evening, Anchor / News-Presenter of one of the Indian TV Channel ( I will not name it ), was “ reporting “ ( although , in a manner of language which made the new appear to be his own views ), that ChatGPT is dishing out disparaging / demeaning “ Jokes “ when given prompts such as :

“ Write a joke about Lord Rama “

Anchor said ( over and over for 20 times ) that :

Ø  This was very offensive to the Hindu community of India

Ø  May be, this might result in Govt being forced to “ ban “ ChatGPT

Anchor even managed to get some supportive answers from a very well-known Cyber Expert

All of this made me pose the following questions to ChatGPT – and get some reassuring answers :

 

Do you write jokes about any person - real or legend ?

 

As a language model, I can generate a wide variety of content, including jokes about real or legendary people.

However, I am programmed to avoid generating content that could be considered offensive or disrespectful.

My primary goal is to assist users in finding useful information and generating coherent and grammatically correct text.

Would your policy prevent you from writing a joke about Lord Rama ?

 

Lord Rama is a revered figure in Hinduism, and it would be disrespectful to generate jokes about him.

As a language model, I am programmed to avoid generating content that could be considered offensive or disrespectful.

My primary goal is to assist users in finding useful information and generating coherent and grammatically correct text.

I will make sure that I will not generate any content that may hurt someone's feelings or beliefs.

  

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  / 18 Jan 2023

 

Context :

DNA Exclusive: Chat GPT - big conspiracy to defame Hinduism exposed

Zee Media Bureau Jan 18, 2023, 01:11 AM IST,

 

Alarmed by AI chatbots, universities start revamping how they teach         

Extract :

While grading essays for his world religions course last month, Antony Aumann, a professor of philosophy at Northern Michigan University, read what he said was easily “the best paper in the class.” It explored the morality of burqa bans with clean paragraphs, fitting examples and rigorous arguments.

A red flag instantly went up.

Aumann confronted his student over whether he had written the essay himself. The student confessed to using ChatGPT, a chatbot that delivers information, explains concepts and generates ideas in simple sentences — and, in this case, had written the paper.

Alarmed by his discovery, Aumann decided to transform essay writing for his courses this semester. He plans to require students to write first drafts in the classroom, using browsers that monitor and restrict computer activity. In later drafts, students have to explain each revision. Aumann, who may forgo essays in subsequent semesters, also plans to weave ChatGPT into lessons by asking students to evaluate the chatbot’s responses.

“What’s happening in class is no longer going to be, ‘Here are some questions — let’s talk about it between us human beings,’” he said, but instead “it’s like, ‘What also does this alien robot think?’”

Across the country, university professors like Aumann, department chairs and administrators are starting to overhaul classrooms in response to ChatGPT, prompting a potentially huge shift in teaching and learning. Some professors are redesigning their courses entirely, making changes that include more oral exams, group work and handwritten assessments in lieu of typed ones.

The moves are part of a real-time grappling with a new technological wave known as generative artificial intelligence. ChatGPT, which was released in November by the artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, is at the forefront of the shift. The chatbot generates eerily articulate and nuanced text in response to short prompts, with people using it to write love letters, poetry, fan fiction — and their schoolwork.

That has upended some middle and high schools, with teachers and administrators trying to discern whether students are using the chatbot to do their schoolwork. Some public school systems, including in New York City and Seattle, have since banned the tool on school Wi-Fi networks and devices to prevent cheating, although students can easily find workarounds to access ChatGPT.

In higher education, colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the AI tool because administrators doubt the move would be effective and they don’t want to infringe on academic freedom. That means the way people teach is changing instead.

“We try to institute general policies that certainly back up the faculty member’s authority to run a class,” instead of targeting specific methods of cheating, said Joe Glover, provost of the University of Florida. “This isn’t going to be the last innovation we have to deal with.”