ChatGPT is a new language generation program available to anyone for free, developed by Open AI. According to ChatGPT, it is “based on artificial neural networks and uses machine learning algorithms to predict the most likely next word or sequence of words given a certain input. It is trained on a large dataset of human language and can generate responses that are similar in style and content to those produced by a human.”
You can access it yourself at the following site: https://chat.openai.com/chat.
I am currently writing a book on mediation with a lengthy section on the use of metaphors, and decided to test it out and see what would happen. Here are two questions I asked, followed by ChatGPT’s near instantaneous responses:
1. How can metaphors be used in mediation?
Metaphors can be a powerful tool in mediation because they can help people understand complex or abstract concepts in a more relatable and meaningful way. They can also help people see a situation from a different perspective and facilitate communication between parties.
Here are a few ways that metaphors can be used in mediation:
2. How can ChatGPT help resolve conflicts?
It’s important to note that ChatGPT is a language generation model and is not capable of resolving conflicts on its own. However, it is possible to use ChatGPT as a tool to facilitate communication and generate ideas for resolving conflicts.
Here are a few ways that ChatGPT could potentially be used to help resolve conflicts:
It’s important to note that ChatGPT, like any tool, is only as effective as the person using it. In order to effectively resolve conflicts, it’s important to have a skilled and neutral mediator who can facilitate a productive and respectful conversation.
These are remarkable results and highly suggestive of ways AI might be used in the future, leading to both positive and negative possibilities. For now, it is well worth exploring – not as a substitute for human thought and inventiveness — but as a way of making them sharper, deeper, and more critical of received wisdom. We might begin by following ChatCPT’s three suggestions listed above and see where they lead…
Thinking about this experience reminded me of Shakespeare’s words in “The Tempest”:
“O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in’t.”
And now, not just people, but AIs as well. But while AI programs can compile, copy, and compress, they are as yet unable to invent, so the magic in mediation, for the foreseeable future, will continue to belong to us.
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