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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
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#332We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate. I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work."…
> We did get a certificate though. As someone who never bothered to get any certificates (beyond a University degree) even when I'd do online courses (of which the most course-like must've been fast.ai), are these ever actually useful in any manner?
In his case of a large company, I’d expect that completing the useless training is necessary to get access to the tool. That’s how it worked in mine.
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#333We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate. I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work."…
> There was nothing they could teach that you couldn't learn by using the free version in your own time.
That's true for almost everything in life.
> Whatever they are doing with the Maltese government is just to increase the monthly active user count.
That's one of their main goals. Another main goal is to also make money. There are a few other main goals.
What do you mean by "just to increase"? Did they try to hide their goal? Was it a secret agenda nobody knows about?
These are some strange tautological comments.
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#334Can I register using VPN malta IP to get free plus?
No, it works using Malta eID identification system which needs you to be a citizen or a resident.
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#335I am worried that a govt would encourage their own citizens to use a foreign service that uploads every professional and personal interactions to an AI companies servers, presumably to be trained on.
I just completed the course and a big part of it was in fact to warn not to use it to send private data.
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#336We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate. I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work."…
I’m now responsible for improving AI literacy in the organization I work. But the people in charge just want the employees to just answer some questions so they can handover Claude or Chat GPT licenses so they can show people are using AI to improve productivity. There are people who don’t know when to use AI and when not to use Ai and think they can just Claude their way through everything. I wanted to change that b…
I agree with you, but also it’s not entirely unreasonable to just use AI (or any other tool) and let them figure out over time what are and aren’t good uses. This approach requires an ability to see past the next quarterly earnings report, which is a rare quality for a business, but it can be healthy. The long term result is likely to be a culture that is more AI literate than they would be if they had top down instruction. The optimal path is probably a bit of both, but if I had to pick a ditch it would be “trust my employees”.
The thing I have a real issue with, and which seems more common, is the belief that they can cut raises because AI will make them more productive. In that case, the best employees (read: those most capable of leveraging AI effectively) will leave to find better paying work and the remainder will be too busy with the additional workload to have time to figure out how to use AI to make themselves more efficient.
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#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m now responsible for improving AI literacy in the organization I work. But the people in charge just want the employees to just answer some questions so they can handover Claude or Chat GPT licenses so they can show people are using AI to improve productivity. There are people who don’t know when to use AI and when not to use Ai and think they can just Claude their way through everything. I wanted to change that b…
The leaders who mandate AI have no understanding on how to actually use it for productivity. They use it like a Magic 8-Ball to confirm whatever ignorance they have and believe the hype that it can do anything.
They have always done this. These are the same managers who ask subordinates for reports that support their predetermined agendas, or higher level execs who hire consultants for the same purpose.
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#338Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
#339Outrageous, Malta is Europe, it needs an European provider, this is an European security issue. Malta need to align to European values as by agreement with EU.
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#340This pretty much means OpenAI becomes a monopoly in Malta. Seems anti-competitive.
Politicians gotta politic.