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ChatGPT

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This guide is meant to help students  understand ChatGPT. So they will be able to use it wisely in an academic setting.

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Students, please first confirm with your professor that using ChatGPT  is acceptable before using it for any course assignments!

What is AI-generated content vs. ChatGPT content?

AI-generated content creation refers to the process of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI)  technologies to automatically generate or produce various forms of content, such as text, images, videos, and even audio.  How AI-generated content creation works? Natural Language Processing (NLP): the use of algorithms and techniques to enable computers to process, analyze, and generate natural language text or speech.

ChatGPT is designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input it receives from you. It can engage in conversations, answer questions, provide information, and perform various text-based tasks. The "GPT" in ChatGPT stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer." It is "pre-trained" because it has been trained on a massive amount of text data from the internet, which allows it to learn grammar, facts, reasoning abilities, and even some degree of common sense. "Transformer" refers to the neural network architecture used in the model, which has been highly effective for NLP tasks. 

Get started with ChatGPT

  • To get started with ChatGPT, you must create an OpenAI account.  
  • Go to https://chat.openai.com and click the "Sign up" button
  • Enter your email address and click "Continue." Then, choose a password.
  • A verification email will be sent to the address you entered in step 2.
  • Follow the instructions in this email.
  • Enter your personal details in the resulting screen. Then, enter and verify your cell phone number with the resulting code.

Now, you can visit https://chat.openai.com and log in to start a chat session.