How do you use ChatGPT to make your life easier?

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Anonymous wrote:"write a funny birthday note for someone turning 50"

"write a note for father's day that includes chocolate"

This is a good idea. I suck ar writing short messages in birthday cards. ChatGPT could help me with that. (Or we could all agree to stop sending paper birthday cards, but my family isn’t there yet.)

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Anonymous wrote:I have it read my medical test results and tell me what they mean. I have a chronic illness and several wonky things that require regular testing. I just let chatGPT tell me if I’m all good or if I have an urgent problem!

I have also plugged in a list of symptoms and asked for a differential diagnosis. ChatGPT did better than most of the doctors I went to, who were stumped for months.

This is a good use of AI. And I believe AI did well. However, I would like to state that I have been doing this with Google for years.

I just Google something like ["differential diagnosis" child skin rash] then look for a reputable source, maybe look for a file with images, and read the document. It doesn't take very long and then I understand the source material.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless it's complex I don't find it even necessary to go to ChatGPT. AI is just not there yet. So far from what we expect AI to be. To those pp who use it on stuff like planning your garden out - you can do this. It may take you like 30 min but I'm pretty sure without GPT you'd have found a way. If you can't write a note of congratulations or consolation as a literate adult you are an idiot. Using GPT proves you're lazy is all. I mean 98% of what you are using GPT for you don't need to use. It's so sad people are this lazy. As we get "smarter" I swear we are getting dumber. The fact people won't use their minds on easy things means we are all getting dumber.

Whether I buy some gardening books, google it, or go to a class - the outcome is the same. Someone else explains to me where to plant things and why. ChatGPT does the exact same thing, but in a few seconds. Googling each and every plant to see what conditions it needs is a complete waste of time.

People have limited time and brainpower. Freeing up some of that allows you to dedicate it elsewhere. It's not lazy, it's smart.

NP but please tell us where you dedicate your precious, limited brainpower. I’m sure your answer will be fascinating.

I’m with the other posters who think ChatGPT is completely stupid and people who use it are some combination of irredeemably lazy and/or utter morons.

I'm a Creative Director and a writer.

Think of it this way:

I have limited time to garden - say, 2 hours a week.

I can spend 1 hour reading a book on "how to garden", then spend 1 hour doing the part of gardening I enjoy - being outdoors, connecting with my kids, tending to the plants, etc (which, btw, are the parts that nurture your brain and foster creativity).

Or, I can spend 30 seconds using ChatGPT, then spend the full 2 hours doing the parts of gardening I enjoy.

Same if I'm writing a piece for a client and I can spend only 6 hours on the project.

I can spend 2 hours doing my prep, research, thinking, etc, and then 4 hours writing.

Or I can spend 5 hours doing the prep, research, thinking, playing with ideas, etc, and have ChatGPT do the tedious part of writing for me.

Option #2 results in FAR better work because I could dedicate more time to the part that requires more brainpower. That's why I can charge $2000-$3000 per piece, while other writers I know are stuck at $500.

Smart doesn't mean doing things in the most time-intensive way. Smart means figuring out how to dedicate your limited time to the parts that get results, and outsource the rest.

This makes sense to me. Spend time on where you can add value. Report writing is dull

No, it sounds like she is literally outsourcing her job to AI. What is her plan when her clients figure out that she is not, in fact, a “writer”? She is merely a middle-man at this point. I’m sure her clients are capable of having ChatGPT do the “tedious part of writing” that they were under the impression they were paying this idiot to do.

My clients all know my process. Many of them are in the tech industry and understand human+AI gives the best output. The clients who fret over whether a human or AI wrote something can’t afford me.

Sounds like you don’t actually understand how to write with AI. It’s not simply imputing “write me an article technological advancements in agriculture” and using whatever it gives you. To do it well still takes several hours, you just get to spend those hours doing the things that are actually fun (creative ideas, brainstorming, research). ChatGPT just does the boring parts.

You can either get paid to think, or you can get paid to type words. AI allows you to get paid to think.

The bolded statement is 100% accurate, and I feel proud to agree with you! I don’t know how to use it because I don’t need to. I’m just a lowly research scientist who is capable of writing my own papers without AI assistance. After conducting my own research without AI assistance and analyzing my results without AI assistance.

I also actually *learned* how to garden decades ago, and so the suggestion that one would need to read gardening books for an hour every week to understand the very simple concept of “right plant, right place” is mind-boggling. And unless this is your first ever attempt at gardening in your first season in a completely new area, you should already know what plants will thrive where.

But you do you. Sounds like you make a lot of money, so putting in minimal effort is clearly paying off!

Thanks! It works well for me and frees up time for other creative pursuits. Right now I’m creating AI generated video and using ChatGPT to teach me advanced techniques in animation and After Effects, so I can start charging for this type of content as well. I’d be bored silly if I was still just pounding away at a keyboard writing the same things over and over again.

Perhaps ones day when I am your age (decades ago when you learned to garden, I wasn’t even alive!) and have all your accumulated knowledge and wisdom, I, too, can call younger generations doing things more effectively than I did “lazy”.

Well, you’re not a very good writer, so it’s probably a good thing AI writes for you.

Ooo burn.

I’d love to see an animation of this conversation .

OH MAN. I’m the PP who loves AI, and I have totally toyed with the idea of doing social media videos for DCUM. Would be so much fun to create avatars of DC characatures and stereotypes.

Check out Cartuna Radio on Twitter. They animate podcasts … if you could do DCUM it would be genius.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless it's complex I don't find it even necessary to go to ChatGPT. AI is just not there yet. So far from what we expect AI to be. To those pp who use it on stuff like planning your garden out - you can do this. It may take you like 30 min but I'm pretty sure without GPT you'd have found a way. If you can't write a note of congratulations or consolation as a literate adult you are an idiot. Using GPT proves you're lazy is all. I mean 98% of what you are using GPT for you don't need to use. It's so sad people are this lazy. As we get "smarter" I swear we are getting dumber. The fact people won't use their minds on easy things means we are all getting dumber.

Whether I buy some gardening books, google it, or go to a class - the outcome is the same. Someone else explains to me where to plant things and why. ChatGPT does the exact same thing, but in a few seconds. Googling each and every plant to see what conditions it needs is a complete waste of time.

People have limited time and brainpower. Freeing up some of that allows you to dedicate it elsewhere. It's not lazy, it's smart.

NP but please tell us where you dedicate your precious, limited brainpower. I’m sure your answer will be fascinating.

I’m with the other posters who think ChatGPT is completely stupid and people who use it are some combination of irredeemably lazy and/or utter morons.

I'm a Creative Director and a writer.

Think of it this way:

I have limited time to garden - say, 2 hours a week.

I can spend 1 hour reading a book on "how to garden", then spend 1 hour doing the part of gardening I enjoy - being outdoors, connecting with my kids, tending to the plants, etc (which, btw, are the parts that nurture your brain and foster creativity).

Or, I can spend 30 seconds using ChatGPT, then spend the full 2 hours doing the parts of gardening I enjoy.

Same if I'm writing a piece for a client and I can spend only 6 hours on the project.

I can spend 2 hours doing my prep, research, thinking, etc, and then 4 hours writing.

Or I can spend 5 hours doing the prep, research, thinking, playing with ideas, etc, and have ChatGPT do the tedious part of writing for me.

Option #2 results in FAR better work because I could dedicate more time to the part that requires more brainpower. That's why I can charge $2000-$3000 per piece, while other writers I know are stuck at $500.

Smart doesn't mean doing things in the most time-intensive way. Smart means figuring out how to dedicate your limited time to the parts that get results, and outsource the rest.

This makes sense to me. Spend time on where you can add value. Report writing is dull

No, it sounds like she is literally outsourcing her job to AI. What is her plan when her clients figure out that she is not, in fact, a “writer”? She is merely a middle-man at this point. I’m sure her clients are capable of having ChatGPT do the “tedious part of writing” that they were under the impression they were paying this idiot to do.

My clients all know my process. Many of them are in the tech industry and understand human+AI gives the best output. The clients who fret over whether a human or AI wrote something can’t afford me.

Sounds like you don’t actually understand how to write with AI. It’s not simply imputing “write me an article technological advancements in agriculture” and using whatever it gives you. To do it well still takes several hours, you just get to spend those hours doing the things that are actually fun (creative ideas, brainstorming, research). ChatGPT just does the boring parts.

You can either get paid to think, or you can get paid to type words. AI allows you to get paid to think.

The bolded statement is 100% accurate, and I feel proud to agree with you! I don’t know how to use it because I don’t need to. I’m just a lowly research scientist who is capable of writing my own papers without AI assistance. After conducting my own research without AI assistance and analyzing my results without AI assistance.

I also actually *learned* how to garden decades ago, and so the suggestion that one would need to read gardening books for an hour every week to understand the very simple concept of “right plant, right place” is mind-boggling. And unless this is your first ever attempt at gardening in your first season in a completely new area, you should already know what plants will thrive where.

But you do you. Sounds like you make a lot of money, so putting in minimal effort is clearly paying off!

But you’ll use Endnote and tableau.

Never heard of either. I just googled and… why would anyone need these? I use Excel, Python, and Matlab for data analysis and visualization, and the antiquated Microsoft Word for writing papers.

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I’ll probably be using it to tweak my kid’s college essays.

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Anonymous wrote:Bonus if you can include the prompts.

Some of my favorites include
"Create a meal plan using...."
"Build a travel itinerary for X weeks in Y country for people ages..."

You are blowing my mind. I’ve never used ChatGPT. Now I 💯 need to try it.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless it's complex I don't find it even necessary to go to ChatGPT. AI is just not there yet. So far from what we expect AI to be. To those pp who use it on stuff like planning your garden out - you can do this. It may take you like 30 min but I'm pretty sure without GPT you'd have found a way. If you can't write a note of congratulations or consolation as a literate adult you are an idiot. Using GPT proves you're lazy is all. I mean 98% of what you are using GPT for you don't need to use. It's so sad people are this lazy. As we get "smarter" I swear we are getting dumber. The fact people won't use their minds on easy things means we are all getting dumber.

Whether I buy some gardening books, google it, or go to a class - the outcome is the same. Someone else explains to me where to plant things and why. ChatGPT does the exact same thing, but in a few seconds. Googling each and every plant to see what conditions it needs is a complete waste of time.

People have limited time and brainpower. Freeing up some of that allows you to dedicate it elsewhere. It's not lazy, it's smart.

NP but please tell us where you dedicate your precious, limited brainpower. I’m sure your answer will be fascinating.

I’m with the other posters who think ChatGPT is completely stupid and people who use it are some combination of irredeemably lazy and/or utter morons.

I'm a Creative Director and a writer.

Think of it this way:

I have limited time to garden - say, 2 hours a week.

I can spend 1 hour reading a book on "how to garden", then spend 1 hour doing the part of gardening I enjoy - being outdoors, connecting with my kids, tending to the plants, etc (which, btw, are the parts that nurture your brain and foster creativity).

Or, I can spend 30 seconds using ChatGPT, then spend the full 2 hours doing the parts of gardening I enjoy.

Same if I'm writing a piece for a client and I can spend only 6 hours on the project.

I can spend 2 hours doing my prep, research, thinking, etc, and then 4 hours writing.

Or I can spend 5 hours doing the prep, research, thinking, playing with ideas, etc, and have ChatGPT do the tedious part of writing for me.

Option #2 results in FAR better work because I could dedicate more time to the part that requires more brainpower. That's why I can charge $2000-$3000 per piece, while other writers I know are stuck at $500.

Smart doesn't mean doing things in the most time-intensive way. Smart means figuring out how to dedicate your limited time to the parts that get results, and outsource the rest.

This makes sense to me. Spend time on where you can add value. Report writing is dull

No, it sounds like she is literally outsourcing her job to AI. What is her plan when her clients figure out that she is not, in fact, a “writer”? She is merely a middle-man at this point. I’m sure her clients are capable of having ChatGPT do the “tedious part of writing” that they were under the impression they were paying this idiot to do.

My clients all know my process. Many of them are in the tech industry and understand human+AI gives the best output. The clients who fret over whether a human or AI wrote something can’t afford me.

Sounds like you don’t actually understand how to write with AI. It’s not simply imputing “write me an article technological advancements in agriculture” and using whatever it gives you. To do it well still takes several hours, you just get to spend those hours doing the things that are actually fun (creative ideas, brainstorming, research). ChatGPT just does the boring parts.

You can either get paid to think, or you can get paid to type words. AI allows you to get paid to think.

The bolded statement is 100% accurate, and I feel proud to agree with you! I don’t know how to use it because I don’t need to. I’m just a lowly research scientist who is capable of writing my own papers without AI assistance. After conducting my own research without AI assistance and analyzing my results without AI assistance.

I also actually *learned* how to garden decades ago, and so the suggestion that one would need to read gardening books for an hour every week to understand the very simple concept of “right plant, right place” is mind-boggling. And unless this is your first ever attempt at gardening in your first season in a completely new area, you should already know what plants will thrive where.

But you do you. Sounds like you make a lot of money, so putting in minimal effort is clearly paying off!

But you’ll use Endnote and tableau.

Never heard of either. I just googled and… why would anyone need these? I use Excel, Python, and Matlab for data analysis and visualization, and the antiquated Microsoft Word for writing papers.

I think PP may have meant One Note.

How have you never heard of Tableau? You probably work for the govt, I’ve heard their systems are waaaay behind and archaic. I work in corporate and we’ve used Tableau for over a decade, makes reporting much faster, easier and automated with good UI. You should encourage your leadership to at least check it out as an option.

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Anonymous wrote:Bonus if you can include the prompts.

Some of my favorites include
"Create a meal plan using...."
"Build a travel itinerary for X weeks in Y country for people ages..."

You are blowing my mind. I’ve never used ChatGPT. Now I 💯 need to try it.

I made one of the most delicious meals in my life with ChatGPT. We get a weekly CSA box with the most random stuff, I asked Chat to make a meal using every single ingredient. It was absolutely delicious and something I never would have come up with on my own.

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Anonymous wrote:The closest AI I've used to ChatGPT is Grammarly, and I would frankly be lost without it. It's worth every penny of the annual cost.

If as a society we care enough about grammar to use Grammarly, maybe we should, I don’t know, teach kids grammar?

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Anonymous wrote:The closest AI I've used to ChatGPT is Grammarly, and I would frankly be lost without it. It's worth every penny of the annual cost.

If as a society we care enough about grammar to use Grammarly, maybe we should, I don’t know, teach kids grammar?

Ran this through Grammarly and it said you need to change to “If, as a society, we care”

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I've used it to write press releases and business plans. I've used it to estimate how much I need to raise for my business. I've used it for recipes and research. Also used it to write a condolence message for an acquaintance who lost a spouse.
Photos for a book.

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For posting on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve used it for brainstorming and drafting content for revision in workshops.

I also used it to build a capsule wardrobe oriented around a pretty specific aesthetic.

Did it give you links to actual items for sale?

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Anonymous wrote:Bonus if you can include the prompts.

Some of my favorites include
"Create a meal plan using...."
"Build a travel itinerary for X weeks in Y country for people ages..."

You are blowing my mind. I’ve never used ChatGPT. Now I 💯 need to try it.

I made one of the most delicious meals in my life with ChatGPT. We get a weekly CSA box with the most random stuff, I asked Chat to make a meal using every single ingredient. It was absolutely delicious and something I never would have come up with on my own.

I’m the pp, and I’m so, so, so excited. Meal-planning for my family is ruining my life. We’re dealing with three different allergies/intolerances, plus picky eating and different metabolic rates. I used to be able to cook, but food allergy cooking is h*ll. I would never use ChatGBT to write deliverables, though. Feels cheating-adjacent.

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Anonymous wrote:The closest AI I've used to ChatGPT is Grammarly, and I would frankly be lost without it. It's worth every penny of the annual cost.

If as a society we care enough about grammar to use Grammarly, maybe we should, I don’t know, teach kids grammar?

Ran this through Grammarly and it said you need to change to “If, as a society, we care”

I am the Grammarly op, and just laughed loud at this

But to the other person's post, when I don't have access to run stuff through Grammarly, I realize that it has subconsciously taught me a lot. I've been out of school for 30 years and have admittedly gotten rusty. Grammarly is very much a teacher in addition to a lifesaver. It's like having a constant grammar teacher with you.