By Olutayo Irantiola

In the last few days, there have been many conversations on the extent to which artificial intelligence is going to take people’s jobs and replace them with apps such as ChatGPT. As a Public Relations Consultant and with my various media-related activities, I had to quickly explore what ChatGPT can do for me and how much it threatens my daily bread.

I asked a question about a corporate client in the Manufacturing cum Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, and I was swept off my feet by the series of responses that I got. The more I fine-tuned the questions, the more responses I got, and I was able to save them for later use. To be factual, I was fascinated by the speed at which it typed out the responses. It looked like the days when typewriters were still in use.

I overheard a conversation about ChatGPT writing a love letter, and someone who was on the verge of divorce gave it to his spouse. I am now paraphrasing the response: “If you have been able to generate this over the years, we might not have got here.” In my own case, I might have also been able to write poems in the past, but lately, I have not had time to write those words that will make my wife grin. To satisfy my curiosity, I made another request for a poem for my wife on our anniversary and I got a beautify quatrain within a seconds, please find the text below-

My love for you is like a rose,

Elegant and strong,

It blooms with each passing day,

And lasts a lifetime long.

With you by my side,

I feel like I can conquer the world,

You are my rock, my guiding light,

My heart’s precious pearl.

Through every joy and every tear,

You’ve been my constant companion,

I’m so grateful to have you,

As my forever and always one.

On this special anniversary,

I want to tell you once more,

How deeply and truly I love you,

Forever and evermore.

With this, I proceed to ask a question about myself: If you have told me about my client and given me something for my wife, then I should also know what would be said about me. I was startled after I got the first response-

Then, I assumed that ChatGPT would not be able to correlate the questions together in a good time. I sounded like an empathetic person-

As I was told to add a little more information about myself, I did, and I saw the limitation of ChatGPT in the last response-

With the confession that his knowledge cutoff is 2021, I relaxed a little. I was glad that ChatGPT still has some knowledge gaps. I still have some room to improve and give updated and well-researched articles to my clients and even prospects. I still have room to use my initiative and not totally depend on artificial intelligence. I still have the opportunity to spice my writing with my Yoruba anecdotes and pidgin, amongst other things.

Technology is moving so fast, but it still has to be dependent on humans to optimise it constantly or periodically. Having said that, if you do not know the work of a Public Relations Consultant, you may check ChatGPT’s last response. I can help you build your reputation with various stakeholders.