Cautions With ChatGPT

ChatGPT (and other AI-based language tools) can be quite powerful and useful, but keep the following in mind:

  • Inaccuracies While ChatGPT aims for accuracy, it's essential to verify information from reliable sources, because occasional incorrect or nonsensical responses may occur.

  • Bias in Training Data The ChatGPT language model is trained on a vast amount of data from the internet, which can contain biases present in the text. As a result, ChatGPT may inadvertently generate biased or offensive content.

  • Not Human You can interact with ChatGPT in a conversational manner, but it's still not quite like talking to another human. ChatGPT does not the have the ability of humans to reason, understand nuance, master conceptual relationships, consider context, and so on.

  • Not Truly Original Content ChatGPT can produce vast quantities of content on almost any subject. However, do not expect it to create truly original content that does not yet exist in the world. For example, if your company is working on a brand new idea for a software application that is in development, ChatGPT has no way of knowing about that idea's existence or how to explain it.

  • Outdated Internet Content ChatGPT is aware of internet content up to September, 2021. After that, it has limited knowledge. However, users with ChatGPT Plus accounts can enable a browser mode (outside of Central) that provides up-to-date internet information.

  • Misinterpretation of Prompts The model may misinterpret ambiguous or unclear prompts, leading to unintended or irrelevant responses. This is one reason that crafting well-written prompts is so important. It might take multiple attempts at writing a prompt to receive the type of response you intended

  • Privacy Concerns Conversations with ChatGPT are logged and may be used by OpenAI for research and model improvement purposes. Be cautious when sharing confidential, sensitive, or personally identifiable information. If you do not want the entire world to know about certain information, do not include it when conversing with ChatGPT.