Not only is ChatGPT reportedly getting worse over time, it could be making us less smart too. A Stanford University study evaluated the performance of ChatGPT in March 2023 and June 2023 and found, “the behavior of the ‘same’ LLM service can change substantially in a relatively short amount of time.” Their recommendation was continuous monitoring of LLM (large language model) quality.
But what about the humans using ChatGPT? If LLMs are getting worse, what is happening to our focus, attention, memory recall and common sense? Is the real question how the humans using the tools are performing over the same time period, and who is continuously monitoring our quality? In some ways, ChatGPT could be making us smarter. In other ways, we might have degraded too. Here are 6 reasons why that could be the case.
