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BBC Inside Science

Chatbot plagiarism

BBC Inside Science

BBC

Technology, Science

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is an online conversational chatbot, launched by OpenAI in November 2022. To date it remains an online sensation, allowing users to generate poems, essays, code and images in seconds. But fear bubbles in academic circles that artificial intelligence could promote plagiarism in secondary and tertiary education. Technology writer and broadcaster Bill Thompson, and teacher of 20 years digital philosopher Rebecca Mace from University of West London suggest the news headlines may be sensationalising the impact this chatbot will have on student learning. The 1922 backbench committee on business, energy and industrial strategy is recommending free electricity for locals residing within 1 mile of onshore wind farms. Richard Black, senior associate at Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, joins Marnie to discuss whether or not there is evidence of residents requiring incentives to accept renewable developments whilst governments strive to increase the implementation of green technologies. Do you tap your toes to Paul Simon or rock out to Led Zeppelin? Even if you have two left feet, your ability to recognise rhythm is unique in the animal kingdom. To help determine the human origins of musical appreciation, Teresa Raimondi and her team at Turin University, have been researching primates. Their singing lar gibbon, appears to share similar traits to us that might shed light on where our ability to keep the beat evolved from. And finally, figures from the water regulator suggest that in England and Wales 1 trillion litres of water was lost last year to leaks. BBC Inside Science presenter, Vic Gill, goes in search of what might be a robotic solution. This programme was made in partnership with the Open University.

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This is the podcast of Inside Science, first broadcast on the 12th of January 2023.

0:42.0

I'm Monty Chesterton and this week I thought I'd try something different.

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Bear with me.

0:51.0

Write the introduction to a script of BBC Inside Science telling listeners that this week

0:56.4

we're talking gibbons with rhythm, whether you deserve free electricity for living

1:00.8

in your wind farm and the algorithm that made this script.

1:04.6

Also can it be done with wit and style and maybe a passing reference to the failed satellite

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launching corner?

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And go!

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Welcome to BBC Inside Science where we explore the cutting edge of science and technology.

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This week we're delving into the swinging world of gibbons and their unique sense of

1:24.7

rhythm.

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