It’s a mistake to ignore the risks posed by these large language models (LLMs), which range from making up facts to belligerent behavior to the possibility that even sophisticated users will begin thinking the AI is sentient. (It’s not.) But the Mollicks argue it would also be a mistake to miss what the existence of these systems means, concretely, right now, for jobs that consist of producing text. Which includes a lot of us: journalists like me, but also software engineers, academics and other researchers, screenwriters, HR staffers, accountants, hell, anyone whose job requires what we used to call paperwork of any kind. “If we stop with Bing, it would be enough to disrupt like 20 different major industries,” Ethan argued to me. “If you’re not using Bing for your writing, you’re probably making a mistake.”

I hadn’t been using Bing for writing until I heard him say that. Now I can’t stop.

Read more:
Matthews, D. (2023, March 14). If you’re not using ChatGPT for your writing, you’re probably making a mistake. Vox. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/3/14/23637633/chatgpt-bing-generative-ai-ethan-lilach-mollick