Recruiting teams unknowingly recommend ChatGPT for job interviews after using AI to complete application tasks.
Since its release last November, the entire internet has been testing this impressive language model to see how flexible and human-like it is.
With just a brief prompt, the bot can handle everything from writing articles to troubleshooting PC problems, bringing the fear of potential layoffs to copywriters, customer support staff, and more.
But one business owner decided to get ahead of himself by incorporating the ever-improving software into his company’s hiring process to see just how worried he should be.
It ended up being shortlisted for interviews.
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Like human candidates, ChatGPT received a writing brief: “In 300 words, tell us the secret to good writing.”
It’s looking for a job at communications consultancy Schwa, which is looking for obese applicants who can write thoughtful, powerful, compelling prose.
ChatGPT was quick to answer, emphasizing that behind all good writing is the ability to “tell a good story.”
Submissions were disconnected from any names and resumes when assessed by staff, and they had no idea of the involvement of the robo-applicants.
Fewer than 20% of applicants are considered – and ChatGPT is one of the few that makes it onto the desk of owner and founder Neil Taylor.
“It’s more capable than many of the bad guys who have applied to us,” he told Sky News.
“I think it’s a real test, considering what we’re trying to do is write something that’s compelling and grabs attention.”
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ChatGPT may have made the shortlist — but it did need some extra encouragement.
Like Sky News trying to get a robot to write an article about itselfIts initial attempt to write Mr Taylor’s brief was deemed “competent but tedious”.
Only the more specific briefings improved, and the answers to the final cut received an additional request to write in the style of American author and contributor Dave Trott.
“It’s much better – it has more punch, it sounds more assertive, and it made the cut,” Mr Taylor said.
He added: “When I told the evaluator that she had shortlisted ChatGPT, she was a little downcast.
“But when I told her how much work I had to do, she was relieved.”
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ChatGPT’s writing is certainly competent, but that’s about it if helpful.
After being trained on the value of Internet content, it is limited in what it can generate from existing content, so it mostly behaves like a dry imitation of humans compared to real articles.
So while it does what it’s asked to do, getting it is another matter.
“It exaggerates the gap between really good stuff and really good stuff,” Mr Taylor said.
“Lots of people can do great stuff – so can ChatGPT.
“So any writer who makes a living writing dull stuff, they’re going to be out of a job.”
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