Can you tell the difference between an AI-generated sentence and one that was written by a human? Take HRM’s quiz to find out.
Earlier this week, a Sydney-based marketing and communications agency made headlines for a job advertisement it published seeking a ‘ChatGPT prompt editor’.
According to a report from SBS News, the agency is no longer looking for someone to write content from scratch because, according to the ad, “those days are gone”.
For a reported $50 per hour, the agency is seeking someone to write effective prompts that would help ChatGPT to produce “compelling copy that captivates audiences and drives sales”.
The ad says: “We need someone who embraces the new AI paradigm and can exploit all its power while minimising its deficiencies and shortcomings QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY.
“That means using your experience and acquired expertise to get the tool(s) to do the heavy lifting and provide better copy in less than half the time it would take a human to create. We are already doing this, so if you think this is ambitious, then please don’t apply. This role is not for you.”
Knowledge workers may see a job ad like this and fear for the longevity of their careers. However, the agency, along with plenty of other AI experts, reiterated that even as AI-enabled technology continues to proliferate, the human touch will still be required for critical elements such as fact-checking, proofing and sense-checking.
Whether that will continue to be the case in the near-future as the technology becomes more intuitive remains to be seen. However, the fact that we’re seeing more and more specialised AI roles emerging in organisations tells us that this technology isn’t something to be sniffed at. It’s only going to continue to grow.
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Can you tell the difference?
Despite concerns over AI’s content quality and accuracy, it’s currently quite proficient at producing simple short-form content.
Do you think you could tell the difference between something HRM has written and AI-generated content? While we’d love the answer to be something along the lines of, “Of course! Human written content is far more advanced than anything a robot could ever produce,” we’re not so sure that’s the case.
Take this short quiz and let us know how you do in the comment section below.
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I had to do an essay for my postgrad psychology course. I was curious about chatgtp. I keyed in key terms and out popped what I read as being quite a boring essay weak on content but well worded essay in terms of appropriate vocab and tone. Then I checked the references. Amaazing not. The refs were written correctly but the papers they were referring to didn’t exist – even had fake DOIs, I wonder how many markers actually check each reference. Students who avail themselves of chatgtp should be failed outright. Mind you, the website acknowledges these weaknesses in… Read more »
I love this new tech! I also agree with the statement that “the human touch will still be required for critical elements”. However… surely professional copy writers will be greatly impacted. Just look at the number of check-out operators at Supermarkets. I try to avoid the self service lines as I prefer the ‘human touch’, but few shifts are rostered now, and definitely very few are available after normal work hours. The net change in work vacancies often impacts those who can afford it least!
While you could take this as a sign that ChatGPT’s writing isn’t as bad as we think it is, I feel like this speaks more to the quality of HRM’s writing instead. The short snippets make it hard to tell, yes, but the full articles aren’t that much better. ChatGPT is quite good at this bland, corporate writing, and as it improves it will only get harder to tell. So, I guess the question at the end of the day is if people didn’t know whether it was written by AI or not, would they actually care?
I find ChatGPT uses succinct and easy to understand language. Sure, it should be tweaked slightly to contextualise but I think it’s superior to human writing for many purposes. I believe where it will come undone is in learning contexts – school, TAFE, University. How do we ensure our students are still learning instead of using ChatGPT to do their assignments?
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