Alison El-Araby: The disruptive potential of artificial intelligence

AI has been making steady progress over the last decade owing to advances in computing and better access to quality data sets. More recently, however, OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot model has captured the public's attention with its ability to answer, augment and automate across a wide range of knowledge-based functions. While far from foolproof, the model has been known to pass qualifying exams in several fields and could be a clarion call for how education, and society more broadly, must prepare for a new wave of disruptive innovation. Knowledge workers are not the only ones who have taken notice. DALL-E, the artistic form of OpenAI, has also made waves with its creative expression in poetry and imagery.