What is the main practical difference between BERT and GPT in terms of what tasks they are best at?

Question

What is the main practical difference between  BERT  and  GPT  in terms of what tasks they are best at?

Accepted Answer

BERT  is best for understanding tasks: classification, NER, and question answering

Accepted Answer

GPT  is best for generation tasks: writing text, dialogue, and completion

Answer

BERT  can generate fluent open-ended text just as well as  GPT

Answer

GPT  cannot be used for any classification task at all

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