Google’s heydays challenged.
Scary.
Ask me why!
My husband, who was travelling for the whole of the third week of January on work, excitedly registered on ChatGPT - the tech freak that he is - and demanded a poem on our business firm. He used to write poetry. And recently I had egged him on to write a poem on the owl that took shelter within our house compound. It was a nice piece, and I followed it up with my lines, which I have already shared earlier.
So when he sent me a particular poem (a new one) by email, I had no difficulty in believing it was from him and applauded its brilliance as an ad for the company and recommended putting it on our company website. And he at once called me back to reveal the poet as ChatGPT, letting out a gurgling laughter. Here is the poem.
Poem on Starpac
Wrapped in plastic, sealed with care,
The products of our labor, packaged to share.
From food to toys, to tools and more,
The packaging machines at work, an industrial chore.
Efficient and precise, they seal and seal,
Making sure our products are fresh and real.
With touch screens and automation,
A technological sensation.
Heavy duty and compact,
They handle any product impact.
With Star Pac India Ltd, we can trust,
Their machines are a must.
So here’s to the machines that keep our goods safe,
In the packaging process, they play a vital role, in the industry and trade.
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By the time you have read this article, I suppose many would have even asked ChatGPT to construct a poem on themselves and shared the same with amusement. I did receive a few and couldn't help smiling reading them all. It goes to show that having ChatGPT around, business philosophy and writing skills could easily get outsourced. But what’s worrying is people might have a tough time believing your true intentions even if you are alien to such technology, so much so, for example, when alone you might even struggle to use the TV remote to watch television. I am not a television fan, and when my father asks me to switch it on, I struggle for a while. It is not the simple remote I knew of in childhood.
This ChatGPT is, however, making me queasy; although I am no perfect writer and would need to edit my work, it flows from the heart. What's worrying is no one’s going to trust anyone's word or work for originality if ChatGPT is around. It might redefine Darwin’s theory of 'survival of the fittest’ to - survival of the most innovative and fittest to use new technologies.
Now that intelligence can be outsourced, perhaps what remains and cannot be outsourced is your physical prowess. So physically fit people like muscle men, dancers, singers and performers will sincerely rule with their innate talent. But that too will come under threat when we will make designer babies sourcing from the best gene pool. Racial discrimination must go at all costs, however it could become irrelevant if there might emerge a terribly startling inequality among the haves and have-nots, for the latter may not afford designer babies.
Discoveries are never a negative thing, but it will disrupt a lot of existing industries. If human intelligence is outsourced to ChatGPT, so many professionals and industries will now have to innovate more and stay in the race to make their livelihood.
Imagine people preparing their perfect speeches and emails. You cannot tell the difference between real or fake talents and intentions. But no stopping science and technology once something new is discovered. We have to adapt and mould ourselves to every scenario. Only people in their sixties and above can afford to be ignorant, as they possibly live from savings. Our children have to adapt to AI, putting up with the advantages and disadvantages. So here is wishing ChatGPT - and the likes of them that may surface - a close bond with humanity that will see us in happier and more informed times to help us survive, exist and coexist in peace!
In hindsight, should those of us who have published our books before ChatGPT breathe a sigh of relief as there is some proof to our credibility in a world that’s gearing up to become overly suspicious?!
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