Why does the text generated by ChatGPT feel natural, like human writing?
The text generated by ChatGPT often feels natural, resembling human writing rather than something explicitly produced by a computer.
Since the emergence of AI, I have been aware that deep learning, a model based on neural networks, is employed. However, AI responses have typically felt very much like computer-generated answers.
I was curious about the mechanism behind the naturalness of the text generated by ChatGPT and wanted to learn more. While out and about, I stopped by a bookstore and noticed a stack of introductory books on ChatGPT.
Flipping through the pages, I came across a chapter titled, “Why does the text feel natural, like human writing?” Here’s an excerpt from that chapter:
A model called “fine-tuning”
The reason behind this is said to be the incorporation of a model called “fine-tuning” in ChatGPT. By fine-tuning the conversational data between users and AI, it has become capable of producing more natural conversations.
The text generated by ChatGPT is not structured in the same way as human thinking. It simply processes a vast amount of training data to probabilistically generate “plausible answers.”
The text created by ChatGPT is not guaranteed to be correct.
If there is insufficient information in its database or if it is bombarded with a large amount of misinformation, it can generate incorrect sentences, leading to confusion in the world.
We, as humans, must continue our intellectual training to ensure that we do not fall behind computers.
May 31, 2023.