ChatGPT -

[Ooh-Rah]

I’m late to the game, just really started getting into it within the past year or so. Now I don’t know how I lived without it. I’ve got multiple GPT threads it that I refer to often. Rewrites of emails/texts to my boss, a running ‘conversation’ bitching about work, and most recently getting a better understanding of how to maximum my Peloton workouts and better measure them on my Garmin Fenix watch. The insight it has offered me on understanding the numbers, especially recover needs and VO2 max has been literally life changing. I’m on a betablocker so learning how to maximize my workouts and better understand why my HR does not respond the way I think it should has also been eye opening.

As part of my annual work review I have to complete a self review; I dumped a shit ton of data into GPT, asked some specific questions, and in about 10 seconds it pumped out an “almost” cut/paste ready report. Ridiculous how valuable it is to me.

Currently I am doing a passive search for a new job. I had GPT ask me 30 questions about my current roles and experiences and then write a cover letter for me that highlights those accomplishments. Obviously a bit of editing was needed, but still…sheesh.

“Computer…” from Star Trek Next Generation is pretty much here.

 

[Kraut783]

Perplexity is also good...

 

[Florida173]

Now imagine what analysts can do with a well orchestrated enterprise tool that allows them to add information like how you did and then ask relevant questions. When you jump up to some of the slightly less trivial methods of using RAG and vector databases associated with your specific topic, it's pretty amazing.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Now imagine what analysts can do… <snip>

I think of that often. The basic photoshopping I can do on my iPhone now, the things an average person can create online compared to what a ‘professional’ can do…mind blowing.

I always think about the moving Wag the Dog with Dustin Hoffman and DiNiro...that was mid 90’s technology.

 

[Cookie_]

Currently I am doing a passive search for a new job. I had GPT ask me 30 questions about my current roles and experiences and then write a cover letter for me that highlights those accomplishments. Obviously a bit of editing was needed, but still…sheesh.

I've always struggled with getting my "first draft" done when it comes to papers or evaluations. I use it in a similar way.

Once I've got the shell built I can reword it in my own voice and put in the correct information.

 

[TLDR20]

I've always struggled with getting my "first draft" done when it comes to papers or evaluations. I use it in a similar way.

Once I've got the shell built I can reword it in my own voice and put in the correct information.

I used it to form outlines for papers in school. I wasn’t brave enough to actually use it to write papers, but I could use it in conjunction with my already formed plan. I also used it to format APA, which it didn’t do well.

It also straight up makes up sources, so you have to be careful.

 

[Florida173]

I'm currently running Mistral-Large on 4xA100s and llama 3.2-90B-Instruct-Vision model on the other 4xA100s at work and it's working pretty well for the analysts. The vision model is pretty amazing, although I've had to argue with it a little on something being a Su-35 vs a J-16.

 

[Cookie_]

I used it to form outlines for papers in school. I wasn’t brave enough to actually use it to write papers, but I could use it in conjunction with my already formed plan. I also used it to format APA, which it didn’t do well.

It also straight up makes up sources, so you have to be careful.

That's pretty much what I'm doing. I'll have a plan of what I'm doing and then use it to help with some of the paragraphs, or if I don't have a set plan I'll use it to help develop an outline and go from there. I'll have all of the sourced information already, it's just helping me meet word counts mostly.

100% will never use any "facts" it gives me in a paper.

 

[amlove21]

Grok is light years better than Chat GPT; xAI buying X is only gonna make it more so.

When LLM's figure out how to teach LLM's (like, themselves) the "AI Singularity" will be reached and what we can do is going to blow all. of our collective minds.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Grok is light years better than Chat GPT; xAI buying X is only gonna make it more so.

I’ve not played with Grok yet; will feed it info from one of my GPT threads and review the differences.

 

[BlackSmokeRisinG]

I have 0 idea about how to use Chat GPT, I have never even seen it.

Next year or so when I go back to nursing school I won't have to use it. If i graduate with an ADN, I have to finish a BSN which is just a bunch of writing. Hopefully by that time I will have it figured out.

 

[Florida173]

I have 0 idea about how to use Chat GPT, I have never even seen it.

Next year or so when I go back to nursing school I won't have to use it. If i graduate with an ADN, I have to finish a BSN which is just a bunch of writing. Hopefully by that time I will have it figured out.

I think you are looking at it the wrong way. Don't see it as a tool to do your writing, but a tool to help you learn more efficiently. You can have it break down concepts barney style over and over, and/or have conversations about a topic. If there is a new work project that has some difficult topics I'm not familiar with, I have it help me create a plan of attack on how to learn it. Expose yourself now and often.

 

[amlove21]

I think you are looking at it the wrong way. Don't see it as a tool to do your writing, but a tool to help you learn more efficiently. You can have it break down concepts barney style over and over, and/or have conversations about a topic. If there is a new work project that has some difficult topics I'm not familiar with, I have it help me create a plan of attack on how to learn it. Expose yourself now and often.

This. Complex problems and reasoning explained concisely, and the ability to ask follow on questions makes learning as broad and as deep as you require.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Complex problems and reasoning explained concisely, and the ability to ask follow on questions makes learning as broad and as deep as you require.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used the prompt “explain to me like I’m 5 years old…” and was shockingly impressed at how well A.I. was able to break down complex topics for me.

 

[Blizzard]

I'll preface by stating I'm far from a power user. That said, I've used both ChatGPT and Grok with inconsistent results.

@TLDR20 touched on this earlier, but my experience is you need to review the responses carefully and sometimes take them with a grain of salt. These tools are still learning.

Ex. I've entered the same data criteria at different times from different devices and recieved different results -- sometimes wildly different.

As a test, try entering a question on a topic in which you're well informed. The response may be directionally correct, but you may also find errors in the response, either in part or in whole. Sources may or may not be reliable...and sometimes may not even support the response.

So, caveat emptor and vet the responses you recieve.

 

[talonlm]

I've used Grok for building classes; it's good at explaining and assisting in creating slide bullets, but you definitely have to verify the information you don't already know. It doesn't necessarily make things up, but it does confuse information now and again. Additionally, I have found the wording in sentences or bullets to be less than good. All in all, though, huge assist in both learning more about aspects of the subjects I teach and in breaking it down into easier to understand chunks.

But, Like Blizzard says above,

caveat emptor and vet the responses you recieve

Dead on the money--check the AI's work every time.

 

[AWP]

They are pretty good at writing ransom notes.