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Should you use chatGPT for podcasting? I asked chatGPT this question and used Descript’s Overdub feature to voice the response. Generating this episode was quicker than any other I ever created. Is it any good? Probably not. Still, it shows how quickly it is possible to generate superficial content. This might be useful for enabling robots to have superficial conversations with people. Just don’t expect any originality or accuracy.
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HRI-Podcast-Episode-026-Should-I-Use-ChatGPT
ISSN 2703-4054
Author: bartneck
Dr. Christoph Bartneck is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury. He has a background in Industrial Design and Human-Computer Interaction, and his projects and studies have been published in leading journals, newspapers, and conferences. His interests lie in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Science and Technology Studies, and Visual Design. More specifically, he focuses on the effect of anthropomorphism on human-robot interaction. As a secondary research interest he works on projects in the area of sports technology and the critical review on scientific processes and policies. In the field of Design Christoph investigates the history of product design, tessellations and photography.
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I can confirm that ChatGPT works very well with robots for generating dialogs on arbitrary topics – especially if the dialog content is repeatedly brought to the model’s attention during the conversation. ChatGPT’s utterances are often meaningful and accurate, though just not always. It is not different from dialogs between humans in this respect. In general, I think ChatGPT is a very useful tool, but you have to be competent in using it. I think it is absolutely necessary to convey this competence to a broad section of the population.