UNODC- United Nations of Deliberate ChatGPT-ing

Yesterday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was plunged into chaos induced by AI, with ChatGPT making headlines not just for saving a national embarrassment, but also for causing one.

The soap opera kicked off at the beginning of the week when the Libyan Delegate found themselves at the center of scandal. Rumors raced from committee rooms to WhatsApp group chats alleging that the delegate had been employing none other than ChatGPT to write their speeches mistaking the committee for a live demo of prompt engineering. Eyewitnesses reported seeing Libya typing furiously under their placard, before dramatically pasting what appeared to be unnervingly well-structured policy clauses. “Libya’s speeches went from ‘drugs bad’ to quoting the Palermo Convention verbatim,” a press delegate noted. “It was either divine intervention or OpenAI.” The accused denied all allegations, however, insisting their tabs contained only “what is transnational crime” and “how to look diplomatic.”

Flash forward to yesterday, when a cultural segment led by the Press went thoroughly off-script. The press asked the committee to recognize a national anthem played. Chaos followed. As the committee fumbled in confusion, the Delegate of Iran stepped in with unexpected technical flair. Using ChatGPT’s voice analyzer illegally downloaded and dubiously configured the delegate uploaded the audio file mid-session. Within seconds, the AI confidently responded: “Yes, that is indeed the Himno Nacional Mexicano.”

The room exploded into relieved table-tapping, completely forgetting the fact that by showing support for the delegate of Iran, they simply made a fool of their own committee. ChatGPT now walks the razor’s edge between indispensable tools and procedural violation. As UNODC grapples with the ethical whiplash, the committee has been unofficially rebranded by insiders as the United Nations Office on Digital Confusion. Investigations into Libya’s alleged AI-assisted diplomacy continue. ChatGPT has refused to comment, though it did generate a 1,200-word apology entirely unprompted.

Hugh Jass

CNN