ChatGPT is a conversational agent built on the GPT architecture. It generates human-like text from user prompts and aims to produce safe, relevant content through meaningful dialogue. section 1.6
The system learns from large collections of internet text by predicting the next word. This training gives it knowledge of grammar, punctuation, syntax, facts, and some reasoning ability; task-specific datasets can further fine-tune it. section 1.6
Useful prompt-driven applications include:
- Create a travel itinerary, such as a summer trip to Athens. section 1.6
- Summarize a legal document in plain language or develop a self-help plan. section 1.6
- Analyze code for security and performance bugs or design application data models. section 1.6
- Compare technologies for a use case or draft a complaint letter. section 1.6
Prompt-driven assistance
A user can ask ChatGPT to compare technologies for a specific use case, then continue the dialogue to refine the result. section 1.6
