Is ChatGPT An 'Intelligence Signalling' Tool And Will It Revolutionize Writing?
Dr Mark Changizi thinks so:
I’m not so sure, because I think that really good, honest writing, was never primarily an intelligence signalling effort, performed largely for the benefit of a community of well educated elites, it was always primarily a mass communication exercise which, if done well, would appeal to a receptive readership regardless of their level of intelligence or education. The clue here is receptive; you are never going to communicate good ideas - or bad ideas for that matter - to an audience which is not receptive.
Mark thinks that the people with good ideas but no formal training in communicating those ideas via the written word will benefit from the assistance of ChatGPT. He thinks that those gifted with a high level of education and fluent in written communication will also benefit, because they will no longer have to adhere to the ‘intelligence signalling’ rules of literature which have hitherto prevailed.
I’m not convinced. My instincts tell me that ChatGPT will stifle creativity and unleash a huge swathe of fake essays which add nothing to humanity’s accumulated literary efforts over centuries, from great works of fiction and non fiction to the humblest of blog efforts.
I hope that ChatGPT will never be able to emulate my mode of literary communication - otherwise I’m basically redundant as a human being.
*DISCLAIMER - THIS ARTICLE WAS NOT WRITTEN BY ChatGPT!
**Any passing resemblance to a word salad created via artificial intelligence is purely coincidental and not as a result of any attempt at ‘intelligence signalling’.
I take a couple of minutes every night to scroll through my Google newsfeed. Half of the things are clickbait; an interesting premise and a good picture. But then, the articles are just computer generated mush. I am learning how to avoid them.
The human touch in writing is irreplaceable. ChatGPT, while impressive, is not capable of fully replicating the depth and nuance of human emotions and experiences. Your unique perspective as a writer remains valuable and essential in contributing to the literary world.