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"When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed
at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence (AI) model
possessed “PhD-level” intelligence.
After all, how could systems so prone to hallucination, flawed reasoning, and
sycophancy compete with the world’s brightest young minds?
Yet academics are now routinely using tools such as ChatGPT to assist them in
their research in much the same way they might once have relied on PhD
students. Perhaps the most famous example is the world’s best-known
mathematician, Terence Tao, who reports using generative AI as a mathematical
collaborator.
I myself was recently turned from a skeptic into a believer when, over the
course of a few months, I carried out a research project using a range of
generative AI tools to perform tasks which I’d normally carry out in
collaboration with my PhD students.
But this experience also highlighted a hidden danger of AI – one that shows why
it would be unwise for anybody, whether they’re an academic or not, to
substitute AI for actual apprentices."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
