In the News: Austin Peay computer scientist discusses benefits, problems of ChatGPT

Dr. Church and student Jacob Lehtola at Govs Preview Day

Dr. James Church, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, , a free online tool that has dominated artificial news lately.

As a computer scientist, Church has been testing the limits of the new tool by asking it to write code.

Sometimes ChatGPT is perfect.

“Other times, I see mistakes in that code,” Church told the Tennessean.

You can read more about ChatGPT and Church’s thoughts on it at .

And no, ChatGPT did not write this brief.

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