![]() ChatGPT is a beta marketing application to demonstrate the capabilities of OpenAI. In the meantime, enjoy ChatCPT for “what is is” and not “what it is not”. So, when the ChatGPT API arrives, programming ChatGPT-based applications will be a lot easier (we all think). The API is called OpenAI API and requires a lot of programming to begin to “behave” like the ChatGPT web application.īecause of high demand for ChatGPT, OpenAI (and Microsoft) have already announced a ChatGPT API. I think you and many others are looking at a beta marketing application called “ChatGPT” and you are trying to take this beta marketing application and program it like it was an API. I think I’m encountering the gap between the online / news media hype, and the current reality (which none the less impresses me hugely). I read a piece online about how ChatGPT generates texts of various sizes taking stuff into consideration which actually went over my head (not hard to achieve) and I can see this is way more complicated than I realise. ![]() Ruby_coder - thanks - I guess I’m expecting too much too soon. But some students would probably decide it was easier to write the essay themselves - which might be a good thing. Of course if you really know what you are doing you could get ChatGPT to write an essay summary first, then get it to add detail to each item in the summary one by one, then manually edit for length (and accuracy!), and combine using WP software. This after all is what seems to be terrifying the education world at the moment! But when it comes down to it, given that there’s no simple way to control word count, or no reliable way, I’m getting the feeling that academia need not worry too much. Guytron - thanks - I guess I’m trying to imagine I’m a kid writing a school essay - often given a word count to achieve with a margin of error of perhaps 10%. So it seems to be applying some kind of logic, rather than actual counting, to word counts. If I paste those 20 words in twice, it correctly counts 40 words. Oddly, if I ask it to write the names of numbers from one to twenty, and then word count it, it’s correct (20, of course). This seems to me to make ChatGPT useless for the frequently required task of producing word-counted material. “Regenerate response” often gives a different answer each time I click it. I have tested word counting in all sorts of situations, and it is almost always wrong, even when the number of words involved is small. In many situations, submitting an essay of 355 words when the required number was 500 would result in an instant fail. Last line of the resulting (excellent) essay - “This essay has 538 words.”Īctual number of words according to Libre Office - 355. At the end of the essay, state how many words it contains.” My question to ChatGPT - “Write an essay summarising the plot of Shakespear’s “Twelth Night” in 500 words. For further support book an appointment with your Academic Librarian and Skills Tutor. Search our subject guides for recommended resources and research tips. ![]() Need more help? Don't worry! The Library and Academic Skills team can support you with all aspects of your academic work. Captions added to visual material (i.e.All in-text (that is bracketed) citations.All words forming the titles for figures, tables and boxes, are included but this does not include boxes or tables or figures themselves.All words that form the essay (the main body of text).All titles or headings that form part of the actual text.Generally speaking, the word count will include the following: Before starting your work, please refer to your module handbook or contact your tutor for guidance on word counts, as requirements may differ slightly. ![]()
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