AI Plagiarism Made Easy & the Value of Social Currency with Jag Sharma, Felina Tan and Jason Kapadia - Episode 37
Is AI forcing education to evolve faster than ever before?
The applications of GPT-3 have grown from a basic language model into the foundation for some incredible tools, some of which make cheating at school easier than ever.
This week on Disconnected, we hear from Jag, Jason and Felina as they break down AI plagiarism, whether your follower count grants unique social privileges, and Brewdog’s divisive approach to handling online controversy.
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Brewdog’s controversies and the tolerance of today’s social media
ChatGPT’s potential to disrupt the education system
Airline luggage recovery, ‘social currency’, and whether influencers/celebrities have it easier
Episode Highlights:
“When it comes to Brewdog as a brand, if you're very familiar with how they are and how they behave, they're obviously no stranger to controversy. They're founded by James Watt. As many would know, especially if you're active on LinkedIn, you might have seen a post or two from him.” - 2:50 - Felina Tan
“We've all had senior bosses who paint the big picture, but then they don't have anything to do with the execution. They just give their lofty thoughts and then they go off and assume that that's what’s going to happen.” - 8:35 - Jag Sharma
“Microsoft wants to invest $10 billion into OpenAI to increase its stake to 49%. They really do think this is the future. This has to worry Google somewhat. Until now people mostly use Google to answer questions. But Google usually points you to the websites that have the right answer, whilst ChatGPT actually gives you an answer.” - 11:15 - Jason Kapadia
“Maybe in the future our kids are going to be saying ‘Give me 10 reasons why social media is bad’ to ChatGPT and you can pick out what you resonate with.” - 19:50 - Jason Kapadia
“Technology is always something that's flying off into the distance that we have to keep up with. Education is hardly known for being quick or tech savvy, so it'll be interesting to see how these poor teachers around the world are going to spot this for the greater good of their own pupils.” - 21:15 - Jag Sharma
“Many of us average folk often struggle to attract the attention of airlines. Yes, there are many stories with happy endings. However, our experiences often involve long waiting times, and the phone calls not being picked up.” - 23:35 - Felina Tan
“It's an age-old problem of the haves and have nots. A regular person can't get tickets to a gig or a restaurant reservation, where a rich and influential person can. Now, social media has created a new form of social currency.” - 27:50 - Jason Kapadia
Links & references:
Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Jag Sharma: