When the calculators came, there was a huge protest, especially from the teacher community, that it will corrupt our brains. And even when bicycles came on the road, there was a huge protest that it would disrupt the way we travel and it will disrupt our horses, so our horse carts will be disturbed. So, we always have that challenge when new technology comes, we are not sure whether it will help us or disrupt us. Now I understand all the concern, calculators came but we still learned how to do multiplication and we believe in the value of it. I think ChatGPT is like that. Initially, we will be worried about how people are using it and whether this is the right way to do it.

It feels like in the blink of an eye, ChatGPT is everywhere. This AI-driven natural language processing tool can answer questions and help create written content at lightning speed and is proving to be a valuable tool that is transforming content creation across the board. But where the heck did it come from?! How long has this technology actually been around? And while this is a fantastic tool, as with all things, is there the potential that this technology could be leveraged negatively? Subodha Kumar, Temple University, shares special insight on how ChatGPT came to be, how its currently being leveraged and where it is taking us.