--- title: "Sorry, Suits: ChatGPT Just Passed a Wharton Business School Test" description: "ChatGPT, OpenAI's groundbreaking language modeling AI, just passed a Wharton Business School exam. Queue yet another existential crisis!" date: "2023-01-23" modified: "2023-01-23" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatgpt-passed-wharton-business-school" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "chatgpt" - "large language models" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # Sorry, Suits: ChatGPT Just Passed a Wharton Business School Test ![ChatGPT, OpenAI's groundbreaking language modeling AI, just passed a Wharton Business School exam. Queue yet another existential crisis!]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## All Business Just in case anyone out there — even you, c-suite suits — had any remaining shred of hope that their job is truly safe from the robots, we're here to let you know: ChatGPT, OpenAI's groundbreaking language modeling AI, just passed a Wharton Business School exam, according to a [research paper]() from Wharton professor Christian Terwiesch. "OpenAI's Chat GPT3 has shown a remarkable ability to automate some of the skills of highly compensated knowledge workers in general and specifically the knowledge workers in the jobs held by MBA graduates including analysts, managers, and consultants," reads the paper, adding that the machine was capable of "performing professional tasks such as writing software code and preparing legal documents." ## B Student If it's any consolation, ChatGPT didn't pass with flying colors. The paper notes that the bot would've only received a B or B-minus, and that was only after it had modified a few answers with the help of a human expert, who, in the words of the researcher, provided the bot with an "appropriate hint." It's also worth noting that the machine's success — or more specifically, in what subjects the machine was particularly successful in — was pretty predictable. ChatGPT has already proven proficiency in both coding and legalese. And meanwhile, it apparently missed some pretty easy math, a subject that language modelers seem to have a lot of difficulty with [across the board](). ChatGPT "at times makes surprising mistakes in relatively simple calculations at the level of sixth grade math. These mistakes can be massive in magnitude," writes Terwiesch, who also provided that "the present version of ChatGPT is not capable of handling more advanced process analysis questions, even when they are based on fairly standard templates." A small victory for humans! Emphasis on the small, though. We can imagine that the bot's overall proficiency is sparking a fair amount of conversation — and concern — among the business school professors who may now have extra cause to fear [AI-assisted cheating](), and of course concern from students, who might soon be competing with AI-driven automation in [white collar markets](). Besides, there are enough kids with [multibillion-dollar daddies]() for business school grads to compete against already. **READ MORE:** [*ChatGPT passes Wharton Business School test: research paper*]() \[*The Hill*\] **More on AI passing very hard tests:** [*Dark Horse AI Gets Passing Grade in Law Exam*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()