A while back, I had ChatGPT generate a brief biography about me. Admittedly the prompt was not especially sophisticated: "Who is Arlin James Benjamin Jr., PhD?" Here is what it came up with"
Arlin James Benjamin Jr., Ph.D., is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at Humboldt State University in California. He has made significant contributions to the field of psychology through his research on intelligence, creativity, and personality.
Dr. Benjamin is best known for his work on the HEXACO model of personality, which posits six dimensions of personality: Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience. His research on this model has been cited extensively in the field of personality psychology.
In addition to his work on personality, Dr. Benjamin has also conducted research on intelligence and creativity, particularly in the area of divergent thinking. He is the co-author of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, a widely used assessment tool for measuring creativity in children and adults.
Dr. Benjamin has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has received several awards for his contributions to the field of psychology, including the 2013 Distinguished Contributions to Creativity Research Award from the American Psychological Association.
I had no idea that I was apparently even on faculty at Humboldt State University, nor that I had any of the above accomplishments. If you wonder why I remain skeptical about AI, here is just a taste. Using AI to generate a professional biography was an amusing exercise, but it clearly laid out a serious problem: what is generated is far from accurate (I know that is clearly a Captain Obvious statement). In the meantime, I continue to toil in relative obscurity, and not using AI in my writing.
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