ChatGPT is better at giving personal advice than humans, study reveals

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A new study reveals that OpenAI's ChatGPT might be better at giving personal advice than most humans..

With its GPT-4 model, the AI chatbot is challenging the traditional belief that personal advice requires human empathy...

According to a study in Frontiers in Psychology, the latest ChatGPT with its GPT-4 model has proven to give better personal advice than human columnists, Traditionally, people believed personal advice required human empathy, but ChatGPT is challenging this idea.. The study revealed that around three-quarters of participants found ChatGPT's advice more balanced, complete, empathetic, and helpful compared to human columnists..

While the study doesn't suggest replacing human advisors, it does hint at the potential for chatbots like ChatGPT to enhance therapy sessions..

Earlier, a team of researchers from Microsoft, William & Mary, and research centers across Asia, had conducted a study to see if LLMs (large language models) can understand human emotions..