How you can use ChatGPT on your immigration journey
OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3 can be a valuable tool on your immigration journey but has restraints that are important to understand.
Since its launch in November 2022, Chat GPT-3 has attracted attention for its articulate answers and ability to learn and refine its responses, across a wide range of topics.
ChatGPT-3 is considered by many to be the harbinger of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, and its capabilities and applications even extend to Canadian immigration, potentially bringing huge benefits to those currently immigrating.
What is ChatGPT-3?
ChatGPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer, Model Three) is a chatbot that uses a language completion model to complete tasks related to natural language or code generation.
However, the model that the chatbot runs on can be fine-tuned by using specific questions (or prompts) from the user. This will build a custom AI model that can better answer questions such as "read this paper on Express Entry and then tell me what CRS is in the context of Canadian immigration" by first giving ChatGPT a learning task.
Additionally, the chatbot has sliders for Temperature and Maximum P values, which will control the randomness allowed and the likelihood considered when generating answers, respectively.
So, how do people use ChatGPT in their Canadian immigration journey?
Information gathering and analysis—Discovering immigration
One of the most immediate uses of ChatGPT is to collect and filter information.
For example, international students looking to study 3D animation in Canada can ask ChatGPT what are the most popular 3D animation programs in Canada:
These are good results, and a quick Google search confirms that they are Designated Learning Institution (DLI) accredited programs that accept international students. However, ChatGPT can further generate this information, addressing more specific prompts.
Here's a tip that's more representative of a real-life example: Best programs for international students to qualify for a Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) upon completion with tuition between $20,000 and $30,000?
We can see that the results change slightly with more specific hints, again giving results that are accurate to the hint. In this sense, ChatGPT can be a dedicated search tool for newcomers to Canada. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg of AI capabilities.
Learning and applying knowledge—Employment search
While still in its infancy, ChatGPT has several more advanced capabilities than the examples above — for example, the AI is able to learn from input and then tailor a custom model based on your cues.
For example, a common practice when applying for a job is to review the job description and add relevant keywords from the post to your bio. Many companies use an applicant tracking system (ATS) as the front line of decision-making to analyze resumes for these keywords and determine their suitability for the position.
ChatGPT can also help. If you feed a job posting into an AI chatbot, it can extract keywords on the fly, simplifying the application process:
If they get to the interview stage, they can ask ChatGPT to read the job posting for that position and then generate potential interview questions based on the job description.
This can be a valuable preparation tool, and with the ability to control the "Temperature" and "Top P" values, users can get answers to a range of potential interview questions, as well as keyword answers.
Feedback—Language testing
It can also provide feedback-specific hints based on information already contained in the ChatGPT model. This works especially well for language-based tasks like translation or language learning, and is great for people who may be learning or practicing a new language.
For example, ChatGPT can be consulted on grammar and sentence correctness in English and many other languages. This is invaluable for those looking to take a language test as they can practice and get feedback on the writing part of the practice.
This doesn't have to be limited to smaller sentences, or to more immediate concepts like grammar and syntax. ChatGPT also enables advanced commentary on more complex written tasks. Check out this example of judging an ethical discussion about the death penalty based on some IELTS score factors:
Feedback here is both relevant and justified, providing a good foundation and further analysis of one's language learning. In this regard, ChatGPT is invaluable for those conducting language testing for immigration purposes.
Limitations
Importantly, however, while ChatGPT has several advantages, it also has significant limitations.
Most pressing: The chatbot's latest training data is from June 2021, meaning the AI will run into trouble when asked about anything later than that date. This in turn severely limits ChatGPT's ability to provide up-to-date advice on Canadian immigration-related topics. Canada's immigration policy changes periodically to better suit Canada's economic and social needs. As such, ChatGPT's ability to provide sound immigration advice remains limited.
While this could be solved to some extent by requiring ChatGPT to learn to review specific documents for policy changes, this leaves the user to decide what is and isn't helpful to the user, up to them - another key pitfall, as well There are many reasons why people hire an immigration attorney to advise them on their journey.
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