Study explores the potential and shortcomings of ChatGPT in SPC, education and research

At the end of November 2022, the San Francisco-based company OpenAI launched its prototype of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot that can answer a wide range of questions in short periods of time. Since then, users worldwide have been testing the chatbot and discussing its possible applications in different fields. ChatGPT is based on a so-called large language model (LLM), a deep learning technique that employs multi-layered neural networks trained on a vast pool of texts. Over time, these models can learn to make predictions about how to compose sentences and answer specific language queries. GPT-3, the model underpinning ChatGPT, is one of the most powerful LLMs worldwide, as it includes more than 175 billion parameters and can tackle a wide range of written tasks. For instance, the chatbot can translate and summarize written texts, compose basic poems or song lyrics and offer definitions for particular terms.