One of the most significant developments in recent times is AI-powered language models like ChatGPT.

It’s revolutionary.

And it’s going to put a lot of writers out of business.

These models can generate human-like text, making them incredibly useful for various tasks, from writing essays to composing emails.

There’s a growing concern that this technology is becoming a crutch for a generation of people who are more interested in cheating and cutting corners than learning their craft.

With ChatGPT and other similar models, it’s easier than ever to cheat on assignments, plagiarise work, and pass off someone else’s ideas as your own.

It’s getting harder and harder to spot fakes on the internet.

ChatGPT can’t copy the way you speak. Unless you’re famous, then it’s fair game.

People have said that when they read my work, they can tell it’s me without seeing my name. I’ve developed a way of writing that AI can’t imitate.

Like any new technology, you should learn how it works. It’s the first AI tool that’s significantly impacting people.

It’s both scary and amazing.

Keep in mind that ChatGPT doesn’t do the work for you, so you still need skills. And those skills come from how you prompt the robot into action.

As AI gets better, it’ll be harder to spot real insights. The ability to pretend you know what you’re talking about will increase as technology improves.

It could increase internet plagiarism because it’s hard to control this emotionless machine.

You’re Cheating, and You’ll Still Lose — Michael Burry.

If you’ve ever seen the film “The Big Short”, Burry’s character Christian Bale plays him as an awkward, anti-social lunatic.

If you’ve ever followed Burry on Twitter, it’s probably entirely accurate.

Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome Burry is an exceptionally brilliant short seller with a track record of predicting the financial markets precisely.

He was one of the first to call the dot-com bubble by analysing overvalued companies, shorting those stocks, and then predicting the 2008 financial crisis, which made a lot of money for him and his investors.

Burry realised that people with low income and no assets were buying houses they couldn’t afford and that the banking system valued these mortgages as solid.

He knew it wouldn’t last and that these mortgages would lose value when interest rates increased, and his predictions came true. In 2007 you started to see the market going downhill as more people in the industry realised the risks.

Burry made a profit of $100 million and earned more than $700 million for his investors who stuck with him.

Burry on AI

Now he’s recently given his two cents on AI, which sent his Twitter followers who hang off his every word into overdrive.

Let’s be honest. It’s not all that controversial. Burry’s only saying what most people think, but the viral tweet sparked a hairy debate on Twitter, with most comments and replies dividing opinions.

A fox news presenter replied — source

“You know better, “the cheating generation,” LOL.
More apt is the “generation with a greater likelihood of cheating,” a product of better tools to facilitate cheating without getting caught.

There is no moral high ground here.

Cheating’s payoff profile has simply become asymmetric.

In other words, the potential rewards of cheating with AI have increased while the chances of getting caught have decreased, making it more attractive.

Others Twitter users believed lazy individuals would use AI to generate mediocre content.

Some say AI tools produce either overly embellished or overly simplistic content, and people would put zero effort into improving their writing.

Twitter user — Source

“What I know this means is a bunch of lazy people are going to use this to generate exaggerated or extremely milquetoast prose in their writing because they don’t put in any work or effort.

But it does mean people who write well can leverage these tools too.”

Other Twitter users expressed that whenever a new technology is made available to a generation, it’s seen as a tool for cheating and that this perception is not new.

And I have to agree.

Instead of immediately labelling the new technology as a tool for cheating, we should consider the potential benefits and drawbacks and adapt to the new reality.

Twitter user — Source

“Everyone who got their hands on new technology, not available to the prior generation, has been considered a cheating generation.

We must grow out of that mindset and understand that change is inevitable for good or bad”.