R help - Jul 2023 - Off-topic: ChatGPT Code Interpreter

This seems spot on, given that Paul Bernal just posted a request to fit all
possible models and compare them using r-squared. The all models approach does
not promote understanding about what your model is saying about the data and how
the system works. Nor does it facilitate fitting the methods to best address the
research goals.
Tim

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From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Bert Gunter
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Subject: [R] Off-topic: ChatGPT Code Interpreter

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This is an **off-topic** post about the subject line, that I thought might be of
interest to the R Community. I hope this does not offend anyone.

The widely known ChatGPT software now offers what  is called a "Code
Interpreter," that, among other things, purports to do "data
analysis."  (Search for articles with details.) One quote, from the
(online) NY Times, is:

"Arvind Narayanan, a professor of computer science at Princeton University,
cautioned that people should not become overly reliant on code interpreter for
data analysis as A.I. still produces inaccurate results and misinformation.

'Appropriate data analysis requires just a lot of critical thinking about
the data," he said.' "

Amen. ... Maybe.

(As this is off-topic, if you wish to reply to me, probably better to do so
privately).

Cheers to all,
Bert

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I haven't really focused on the statistical capabilities of AI, that
marriage of massive memory and associative learning. I am impressed by
its ability to perform text-to-image conversion, something I have
recently needed. My artistic ability is that of the average three year
old, yet I can employ AI to translate my mental images into realistic
pictures. Perhaps we really are learning about how we think. As far as
I am aware, it just does what we tell it to do. Like other tools, it
is as good or bad as the user.

Jim