ChatGPT: Fundamentals, Applications and Social Impacts
Abstract
Recent progress in large language models has pushed the boundaries of natural language processing, setting new standards for performance. It is remarkable how artificial intelligence can mimic human behavior and writing style in such a convincing way. As a result, it is hard to tell if a human or a machine wrote something. Deep learning and natural language processing have recently advanced large language models. These newer models can learn from large amounts of data to better capture the nuances of language, making them more accurate and robust than ever before. Additionally, these models can now be applied to tasks such as summarizing text, translating between languages, and even generating original content. ChatGPT is a natural language processing (NLP) model developed in 2022 by OpenAI for open-ended conversations. It is based on GPT-3.5, the third-generation language processing model from OpenAI. ChatGPT can power conversational AI applications like virtual assistants and chatbots. In this paper, we describe the current version of ChatGPT and discuss the model's potential and possible social impact. Disclaimer: This paper was not written by ChatGPT: it was written by the listed authors.
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“The findings support our first hypothesis and show that ChatGPT enhances students’ productivity by boosting their creative performance, a finding that aligns with its known capabilities in text processing (Abdullah et al., 2022; Haleem et al., 2022).”
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- Authors
- Abdullah, M., Madain, A., & Jararweh, Y.
- Affiliations
- Jordan University of Science and Technology (JO)
- Venue
- 2022 Ninth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2022-11-29
- Pages
- 1-8
- OpenAlex
- W4327500636
- Cited by
- 310
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 137 · 2023: 86
- FWCI
- 40.23
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Topic Modeling
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
- Keywords
- ChatGPT, large language models, GPT-3.5, conversational AI, chatbots, virtual assistants, text summarization, machine translation, content creation, societal impact of AI, deep learning
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