Dear readers,

the ChatGPT language processing model has been open to the public

for around two weeks .

As if they had a common script, technology enthusiasts raved about the revolutionary capabilities of artificial intelligence,

skeptics warned of the dangers, half the internet tried to demonstrate the bot's creative potential or to expose its weaknesses

.

For the time being, the question remains open as to whether the model is smarter or dumber than expected and which answer would be more of a cause for concern or euphoria.

Harald Staun, editor in the feuilleton of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper in Berlin, went in search of answers with a completely natural intelligence.

One of his insights: how much the language processing model fascinates us also depends on whether we recognize the tricks it uses.

Will the fascination for ChatGPT have gone in a few weeks?

The successor GPT-4 should come in February.

It is said to work with 100 trillion parameters, 500 times as many as its predecessor.

Carsten Knop

Editor.

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Do you have children or grandchildren who just don't know exactly what to study after they graduate from high school?

Jochen Zenthöfer has read through new books that answer the question

of who is worth studying law for – and how the subject can best be taught

.

In "Why you shouldn't study law - and still: An encouragement" Denis Basak, Jörn Griebel, Tomas Kuhn, Barbara Lange and Roland Schimmel write somewhat succinctly: "It can be a very good idea to decide to study law , but that doesn't apply to everyone.” It gets more exciting after that: You need sensible learning strategies, tolerance for frustration at times and strong nerves.

You can't learn law by learning it by heart, rather you need to understand the logic of thought.

Is there any evidence that suggests suitability for law school?

In the past, reference was made to certain school grades.

This publication takes a more precise approach.

Among other things, she asks her readers such questions: Do you enjoy working on the text?

Are you interested in arguing?

Are you interested in arguments and conflicts?

Do you like dealing with politics?

There are clever tips and a warning: "The talent for artistic, musical, creative things in general plays hardly any role." You can find more reading impressions, including the question of how good a command of German you should be, here.

And then you think for a moment if ChatGPT might be suitable for a law degree.

Almost four million children are currently attending day-care centers in Germany.

In the under-threes age group, every third child is cared for in a crèche.

The rates are highest in the east of the republic, with the result that 60 percent of under-threes spend 45 to 50 hours a week in childcare facilities.

The need is greater.

A place is requested for every second child, and the trend is rising.

The unanimous opinion is that the existing day-care centers are already at their limit - regardless of this, they should take on additional tasks.

While adults have been fighting for years to have to work less and get more home office, the little ones are supposed to be away from home longer and longer.

Although there are important and far-reaching personal, family, economic or political reasons for attending and expanding day-care facilities, there is no empirical evidence that this form of childcare is better per se than parental upbringing.

Rather the opposite is the case, write Walter Dorsch, pediatrician in Munich, and Klaus Zierer, educational scientist at the University of Augsburg, in a highly acclaimed guest article.

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Greetings and a happy fourth advent,

Yours sincerely, Carsten Knop


Publisher


Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung