What is chatGPT and How can you use it?

ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that can converse with humans in a natural way

Hamza Parekh

18/05/2023

ChatGPT: A Conversational AI System by OpenAI

ChatGPT is a new chatbot developed by OpenAI that is designed to interact with human users as naturally as possible. The chatbot was built from the ground up to be as natural as possible when talking to people in what is called “a conversational style”.

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response. ChatGPT, on the other hand, is trained to engage in a dialogue with the user, using the context of the previous messages to generate relevant and coherent responses. ChatGPT can answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.

ChatGPT is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 series, which finished training in early 2022. You can learn more about the 3.5 series here. ChatGPT and GPT-3.5 were trained on an Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure.

How to use ChatGPT?

You can try ChatGPT for free at chat.openai.com. You can also access ChatGPT through various apps and plugins that use the OpenAI API. For example, you can use ChatGPT on your iOS device with the ChatGPT app, or integrate ChatGPT into your website or app with the ChatGPT plugins. You can also upgrade to ChatGPT Plus, which offers more features and customization options.

To use ChatGPT, you simply type a message in the chat box and press enter. ChatGPT will reply with a message that is based on the information it has learned from its training data and the previous messages in the conversation. You can ask ChatGPT anything you want, from trivia questions to personal opinions. However, keep in mind that ChatGPT is not a human and may not always give accurate or sensible answers.

What are the limitations of ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is not perfect and has some limitations that you should be aware of. Some of these limitations are:

ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers. This is because it does not have a source of truth during its training and may be misled by the data it has seen.
ChatGPT is sensitive to tweaks to the input phrasing or attempting the same prompt multiple times. For example, given one phrasing of a question, the model can claim to not know the answer, but given a slight rephrase, can answer correctly.
ChatGPT is often excessively verbose and overuses certain phrases, such as restating that it’s a language model trained by OpenAI. These issues arise from biases in the training data and well-known over-optimization issues.
ChatGPT may not be up-to-date with current events or recent information, as it was trained on data collected from the internet until early 2022.
ChatGPT may not be able to handle complex or nuanced topics, such as ethics, politics, or emotions, as it does not have a deep understanding of these concepts or human values.

Conclusion

ChatGPT is an impressive conversational AI system that can interact with human users in a natural way. It can answer a wide range of questions and topics, though it may not always be accurate or sensible. It is a fun and useful tool to explore the capabilities and limitations of AI chatbots. You can try it for free at chat.openai.com or use one of the many apps and plugins that integrate ChatGPT.