Artificial Data Intelligence

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

How Data Scientists can best leverage AI

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash

Authors:

• Leihua Ye, PhD
• ChatGPT

Introduction

Print(“Hello World!”)

This is the first line of code every programmer learns to write. The tradition dates back to 1974 when Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie introduced it in the book “C Programming Language.”

There are several reasons for its wide adoption:

1. Simplicity: it’s so simple that novice programmers can write.
2. Tradition: it has been used in many textbooks and tutorials.
3. Instant Gratification: seeing the result instantly brings gratification to new programmers.
4. …

OK, let’s reveal the behind-the-scene story:

I asked ChatGPT about the history of Print(“Hello World!”), and it returned the above answer.

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