The printing press, the steam engine, the electric light bulb, the internet itself… all were technological breakthroughs that redefined how we live and work. Every so often, technology takes a massive leap forward that goes so fast and so far, society struggles to keep pace with the speed of change it brings. Recent developments in chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Bard have ushered in one of those new eras. So much so that even some of the brightest minds behind them aren’t quite sure what they’re yet capable of. Should we be worried? Or is this all simply another breakthrough that one day we’ll look back on and wonder how we ever lived any other way?
A chatbot is a piece of software that responds to us the way a human would when we talk to it, either by typing or talking. Chatbots can respond to our questions, help organise our days, play our favourite music, write
