GPT-3 is out. If you follow what happens in the AI community, this should not be news. In case you need a reminder, the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) is a language model created by OpenAI which can produce human-like text. OpenAI has among its founders… you guessed it right: Elon Musk¹.

Now in recent years, in the world of Artificial Intelligence and all sub-fields orbiting around, the concept of impostor syndrome has started to surface. The term was first coined in 1978 by researchers Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in their paper² “The Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women”.

This syndrome can be defined as³:

A psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments or talents and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.

The syndrome is still alive and well but the good thing is, it started to be discussed not in the corners of some dark forums or subreddits, but openly and publicly, by leading voices of the AI community. The simple power of it being discussed by renown practitioners makes it more bearable for the rest of us.

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