Renowned venture capitalist Paul Graham in January said if OpenAI's chatGPT saves people from writing, it can also keep them from "having the ideas that writing engenders."
What Happened: Sharing observations on Twitter, Graham had said chatGPT screenshots suddenly started crowding his social media feed a month ago. "They've become a media type, like jpgs and videos."
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He had tweeted that AI could essentially keep people generating ideas that manual writing kindles. "Even bad writing must force the writer to think. In a confused way, probably, but more than he'd have thought if he didn't try to write."
Why It's Important: Graham had also taken a dig at Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) decision to leverage chatGPT in launching a version of its search engine Bing and take on Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), (NASDAQ:GOOG).
Graham had thought this latest development was more surprising than a "100-year pandemic or a European war."
The new Bing version was launched in March.
ChatGPT was made available for free testing in November last year. Microsoft backed the company with $1 billion in funding.
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This story was originally published on Jan. 5, 2023.
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