Citation

Lester D. Suicide Stud. 2023; 4(3): 25-28.

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(Copyright © 2023, David Lester)

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Abstract

Recently, artificial intelligence programs have appeared that can write essays on any topic. This has caused concern in academia as students use these programs to write assignments for their courses. In a recent trial, artificial intelligence programs have passed qualifying exams.

One such program is ChatGPT, produced by openai.com. To explore the potential of ChatGPT, I typed in it two questions. Here they are:
How can we prevent suicide?
Why do people choose to die by suicide?

... Let us see how ChatGPT deals with more complex issues.

Can the suicide rate of a country ever be zero?
Did Elvis Presley die by suicide?
In the play Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, why did Jocasta die by suicide?

The ChatGPT answers are provided and discussed by the author. ChatGPI, apparently, can tap into commonly available knowledge about suicide, but is limited in its ability to move beyond common knowledge.

Language: en