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A person chats with ChatGPT in Chinese in Shanghai on February 6. Photo: Getty

Published: 11:30am, 29 Mar 2023Updated: 11:44am, 29 Mar 2023

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While generative artificial intelligence models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT have made immense progress in recent years, some people – especially non-technical users – still question the efficiency of such technology.

In fact, the actual breakthrough of ChatGPT is its user-friendly interface, which allows even people without programming skills to have conversational interactions with the AI model.

For its language models to be of more practical use than as a chat pal, OpenAI allows developers to fine-tune GPT-3, a version of ChatGPT, according to the attributes of particular applications, resulting in more accuracy and more pertinent answers.

Generative AI can be incorporated in multiple sectors, including e-government, healthcare, finance, education and entertainment. It has a role in augmenting production efficiency, heightening user experience and creating additional economic value. Consider the domain of education, as an example. A fine-tuned model will be able to generate individualised educational material, tasks and examination plans depending on students’ learning style, abilities and interests, thus amplifying their participation, understanding and ability to retain information.

Additionally, such a platform can be adjusted to suit different learning trajectories, with specific levels of difficulty, thereby optimising learning results and stimulating curiosity.