A new study suggests that ChatGPT could be used to prevent future epidemics. For the study, researchers developed a model that simulates the spread of an illness similar to Covid-19. According to the Daily Beast newspaper, the fake model developed by a team of researchers at Virginia Tech, was a Covid-like deadly airborne pathogen called the “Catasat virus”, causing symptoms that range from a light cough at best, to a fever and moderate cough at worst.
ChatGPT unleashed a virus on a small town of just 100 residents to see how they would react. The simulation could be more accurate in slowing the spread than mathematical analyses.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIn June 2023, a potentially deadly airborne pathogen known as the Catasat virus began spreading in a small town called Dewberry Hollow, a small town in America with a population of 100. The symptoms ranged from a light cough at best, to a fever and moderate cough at worst. While the virus puzzled researchers, scientists warned it could put the town’s older residents at risk.But even younger adults were not immune. Residents like 29-year-old