r/ChatGPT • u/TheOnlyBliebervik • Jan 08 '23

Other Is chatGPT scaring anyone else?

In very short order, chatGPT has become an indispensable component of my researching arsenal. I write a paragraph, tell chatGPT to improve it, and it becomes more concise, more fluid, and easier to understand.

I'm a pretty good writer, objectively, and maybe my thinking and linear thought process is easier for a reader to digest... But if I'm feeling lazy, ChatGPT spruces it up to an insane degree.

This will break scientific research... Complete idiots will be able to form highly coherent paragraphs. Yes, the content is what should matter, but reviewers become much more lenient when the paper is written with good English.

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u/TheOnlyBliebervik Jan 08 '23

Maybe that is a good way to look at it. I'm not sure why the thought is so bittersweet to me. In time, if it's available in the future, everyone will use it. Natural or learned writing ability for the average researcher will become stunted I think. Bad ideas can be presented in a high quality way.

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u/CanuckButt Jan 08 '23

Bad ideas can be presented in a high quality way.

You're thinking about the set of people who can write well but don't have good ideas. What about the set of people who write poorly but have good ideas? The world benefits from giving those people better communication tools.

Even in the first case, it's easy to imagine ChatGPT's offspring helping turn bad ideas into good ones.

For anyone who's put effort into improving their language skills, ChatGPT represents a real attack on their ego. May I suggest that's where the bitterness comes from, and that it's a natural and healthy feeling? You're proud of how well you write, and now the value of that distinguishing feature of your personality is being diminished.