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ChatGPT's Second Derivative

ChatGPT's Second Derivative

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Kent Beck
Jan 24, 2024
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One of my early questions about ChatGPT was, “Will it have a positive second derivative?” Will the use of ChatGPT accelerate the rate at which ChatGPT improves?

Technology in the center with a loop improving it, another loop slowing its improvement, and a loop improving the improving loop with a question mark
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This is a useful question to ask of any new technology. If a technology has a positive second derivative,…

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