Since the aiticle is Will ChatGPT replace me? Hong Kong reporter learns what chatbot can do, we should tackle this first.
Chatbots may provide some advantages over humans, such as speed and accuracy, but there’s more to professional journalism than stringing together facts. A great story requires an ability to detect, analyze, choose and source information and information sources, as well as write in a captivating and accurate manner.
Enter ChatGPT, a Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence-driven chatbot that took the internet by storm last November. In its first two months, it garnered 100 million users worldwide, proving to be the fastest-growing consumer application in history. Students, lawyers and many other professionals were drawn to the AI tool for its ability to generate content at lighting speed— the tool can churn out articles, essays and more in under a minute.
But Hong Kong journalist Oscar Liu recently set out to answer the question: Could ChatGPT replace him in his job? To get the answer, he tracked the arrival of ChatGPT in the city, speaking to people from various backgrounds to understand its pros and cons. These included students, teachers, experts in media ethics, linguistics and law, representatives of the mentioned sectors, and two lawmakers. He also attended a conference hosted by Baptist University discussing effects of artificial intelligence and spoke with the experts.
He found the tool to be just as good as data it gathered— mostly online sources, books, and other sources. According to him, the generated reports had fictional newsmakers, unverifiable quotes, and questionable claims. He even compared his own work to that of the AI outcome, concluding that human journalists currently have an advantage since chatbots cannot go to lunch and “sniff out a great story idea”.
To conclude, ChatGPT is definitely an impressive AI tool and has the potential to revolutionize the world as we know it. However, it cannot replace human journalists quite yet.
In terms of the company and person mentioned in the article, Microsoft-backed ChatGPT is the mentioned computer software company. Oscar Liu is the model journalist mentioned in the article. He is an experienced Hong Kong journalist who took on the challenge to learn how a chatbot can impact his job. Oscar tracked the arrival of ChatGPT in the city, talking to people from various backgrounds, attending a conference and more, to determine the pros and cons of ChatGPT. In the end, Oscar concluded that although the AI tool is impressive, it cannot outcompete human journalists just yet.
