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Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023”.

They're just citing their source LOL!

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

#12

If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023”.

That's the only thing they did wrong. Why mention you used ChatGPT? It's like emails that end with "sent from my iPhone" like who cares what technology you used to send an email?

With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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post #5

If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023”.

This is the mind boggling part. What were they thinking? Was this copy pasta from OpenAI and didn't proof read it?

University administration is a kafkaesque environment where enthusiastic compliance with a ruleset is of foremost importance. In this context, citing a source is covering your ass. If anyone has a problem with the wording, it’s GPT’s fault. It probably never occurred to them that citing the source could get you into trouble.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

#14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the only thing they did wrong. Why mention you used ChatGPT? It's like emails that end with "sent from my iPhone" like who cares what technology you used to send an email?

With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.

that's one take.

Personally I think it was motivated by trying to create a marketed feeling of exclusivity , drive a stake between Those With and Those Without, and alienate those without into buying an iProduct and joining The Club.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

#15

If you’re just wondering how students knew that the email was written using ChatGPT, the last line of the email weirdly reads “Paraphrase from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI language model, personal communication, February 15, 2023”.

My theory is that the person responsible for publishing the email disagreed with using the chatbot, and included the attribution statement in a form of malicious compliance.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

#17
I am not sure what opinion I have on this one.

  - Deans are paid a lot. Our dean make a quarter mil. 
  - Mass shooting emails should _probably_ have a human touch.
  - Heck, any human tragedy email should _probably_ have a human touch.
  - Does the university want to pay the Dean to write emails?
  - Does the Dean want to write emails?
  - What is the Dean doing for a quarter mil a year?
  - Probably playing around with ChatGPT?
  - For a quarter mil a year, could we not hire a bunch of grads to study GPTs?
  
No, I am just not sure how I feel about a GPT writing an email for a Dean about a mass shooting.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

#19
I don’t see how creating a prompt that includes all the main things you want to say is different than writing the whole essay yourself. Seems like about the same amount of time would have been put into each.

I can’t think of a context where I would be upset about receiving a letter written by AI from uni administration/company/government, but I also use tools like CharGPT to help me communicate myself.

Re: College deans suspended after ChatGPT used to email students about mass shooting

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With “sent from my iPhone” it’s an excuse for brevity and/or typos. Consider that the iPhone’s keyboard was a downgrade from the Blackberry that was previously standard among business users. The automatically-appended disclaimer saves the sender a bit of stress.

that's one take. Personally I think it was motivated by trying to create a marketed feeling of exclusivity , drive a stake between Those With and Those Without, and alienate those without into buying an iProduct and joining The Club.

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