What is a Chatbot?
Dr. Stefan Hackstein
What is ChatGPT?
Generative Pre-trained Transformer
Generates new text
by transforming the input text Transforms
just like it was trained before
What is ChatGPT?

Reads text
writes continuation / response
Guardian: How Chatbots work
How does ChatGPT learn?
Article: medium.com

Completes the next word in a sentence

How does ChatGPT learn?


Completes word by word a whole sentence
Article: medium.com

How does ChatGPT learn?



Transforms request into response
Article: medium.com

How does ChatGPT learn?



Trained on 570 GB of text data
- 500 billion characters
- 250 million book pages
- 800 thousand books
100 billion neurons (200 TB)
Human ~86 billion neurons
Article: medium.com

What does ChatGPT learn?

800 thousand books
100 billion neurons
~86 billion neurons
By Albert Einstein
What does ChatGPT learn?

By Albert Einstein
to Donald Trump
??? Neurons ???
800 thousand books
100 billion neurons
~86 billion neurons
What is ChatGPT?

By Albert Einstein
to Donald Trump
Spectrum of quality
What is ChatGPT?

By Albert Einstein
to Donald Trump
Spectrum of quality
Rolle: Albert Einstein
Frage: Was ist Energie?
Role assignment refines tone & quality
What is ChatGPT?

By Albert Einstein
to Donald Trump
Spectrum of quality
Role assignment changes tone & quality
Rolle: Donald Trump
Frage: Was ist Energie?
What is ChatGPT?

By Albert Einstein
to Donald Trump
Spectrum of quality
Frage: Was ist Energie?


What is ChatGPT?
Perfect "Bullshitter"

sounds eloquent - truthfulness irrelevant
! Check every detail of the answer !
Hallucinations ~ false memories
What is ChatGPT?
Perfect "Bullshitter"
sounds eloquent - truthfulness irrelevant
! Check every detail of the answer !
Hallucinations ~ false memories
How to recognize hallucinations?
Hallucinations are rarely the same!
Ask the question more often. Does the answer remain the same?
Manakul et al. 2023


Why Artificial Intelligence?

Why Artificial Intelligence?


The assistant,
that I always wanted




Article: DevOps.com
AI improves
- Productivity
- Satisfaction
- Effectiveness

The assistant,
that I always wanted


Article: DevOps.com
AI improves
- Productivity
- Satisfaction
- Effectiveness
- not competence
- but efficiency


The assistant,
that I always wanted


Article: DevOps.com
AI improves
- Productivity
- Satisfaction
- Effectiveness
- not competence
- but efficiency

First learn the skill,
then use AI!

The assistant,
that I always wanted



How not to Work with AI



How to Work with AI
What is a Chatbot?
- Trained to communicate like a rational human
- Strength: Versatile phrasing
- Weakness: No understanding
- Helpful: Rephrasing, quick overviews
- Harmful: Outsourcing thinking processes
- Good Use: Work iteratively, self-directed
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Always think along
What is a Chatbot?
By Stefan Hackstein
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