Curb your enthusiasm …

ChatGPT has exploded in the midst of an unsuspecting public and taken the collective imagination by storm. The possible use cases seem endless and large swathes of people believe, for better or for worse, that it is a panacea for their communication and research headaches.

After all, a person has simply to enter his or her requirements and this omniscient entity can deliver the required output in a matter of seconds without the person having to expend any effort or intellectual rigour. But this paradigm shift should really compel people to reflect on a few vexing issues:

• The Maker cannot be the Checker: AI programmes can certainly assist in collating, curating, sorting, and editing information and material that exists in the public domain. But ChatGPT also tends to generalise and extrapolate – processes that can undermine output accuracy. This implies that unless one is a skilled reader who can employ extreme diligence while checking the output, inconsistency, inaccuracy, and error may result. Moreover, only your own knowledge, reading and writing skills can determine the input quality, intent severity, and direction specificity of a piece of communication.
• Rules are not Creative: The very idea of a matrix of rules implies that AI programmes follow a set of commands – no matter how adaptive and self-renewing – in order to deal with a particular query or task. There is no innate consciousness about the need to create or accomplish anything new or innovative. A self-driving car does not need to know that it is a car. But you need to know what drives you.
• “Equally good” is a recipe for Mediocrity: What happens if everyone’s document on a particular topic ends up with the same substance, arguments, and style, with barely any variance? An over-reliance on AI programmes for research, articulation and decision-making will result in the kind of superior standardisation that limits individual development and personal excellence.

The truth is that there’s no substitute for language, reading and communication skills. It enables knowledge, conviction, and confidence. It futureproofs us. It makes us compelling and unique. It makes us who we are.

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English is the global language of business and academics. The ALSOWISE^® Masters Programme is designed to enhance proficiency in the English language for young working professionals, with a view to making them confident and proficient learners and communicators. Demanding only 80 minutes per week, it focuses on:

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Using technology to recreate a one-to-one classroom environment, in which users are made to listen, read, engage, and practice on a mobile device of their choice, goes a long way in building familiarity with, and expertise in, the English language.

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