What do you use chatGPT for, if you use it at all?

[Groaaan]

A friend told me her workload has halved since she started using it but I couldn’t understand how, something to do with spreadsheets. Then I’ve just been reading an AMA where they are, very worryingly to me, having some kind of fantasy relationship with it.

I’ve used it to design an invitation to a 50th and for ideas about designing my new kitchen but nothing more.

Just wondering what other people use it for, if they do at all.

I use it to compose the odd paragraph at work and everything for for the guides and scouts so.me. I have to do both of these in my second language.

I think this shows a misunderstanding of what it is, and what it can do. ChatGPT and similar are not just there to tell you the capital of France or the top 10 things to do in Delhi. The models can generate novel content - drafting emails, letters, creating posters, images, powerpoint slides...

This! I uploaded my most recent blood test results and asked it to explain them to me.

The difference is if I ask a person, I weigh up their answer. People seem to be treating ChatGPT as some sort of omniscient thing that is never wrong, when often they don't understand their own question. What is the "Ultimate Answer to Life,the Universe and Everything", sure as eggs is eggs it's not 42.

Mostly for advice on my SEN child.

Unfortunately we are in a really poor position when it comes to support from services. Begging for help but nothing is being done.
So it's been trying to find ways and means of finding extra support and what we need to say to get it etc.

I use it lots. Most recently to help plan my upcoming holiday, to help my weight loss by giving me protein heavy lunch ideas etc. In work I have used it to tidy up big chunks of text, to summarise papers and to modernise my CV.
I also ask random stuff that pops up throughout the day eg if there is a news article/story that I want to know more about etc I’ll ask.

its all in how you use it :

If you strip away the Douglas Adams/42 reference, the “ultimate answer to life” is really asking a much bigger question: is there an objective purpose or meaning to human existence, and if so, what is it?

There isn't a single universally established answer. Scientifically, life can be explained in terms of biology, evolution and the physical processes that sustain organisms, but science doesn't establish that life has an inherent purpose. Philosophy takes the question further: some traditions argue that meaning exists independently of us, while existentialist approaches argue that meaning is something humans create through their choices, relationships, values and actions. Religious traditions, meanwhile, generally locate ultimate meaning in God, divine purpose or an existence beyond the material world.

So, in the strictest sense, the “ultimate answer to life” may not be a particular fact or proposition at all. The more fundamental question is whether “the meaning of life” is something waiting to be discovered, something we create ourselves, or a category error caused by assuming that existence must have a predetermined purpose. That is why the question remains unresolved: answering it requires first deciding what counts as “meaning”, whether objective meaning can exist, and whether human existence requires a purpose in the first place.

i always say eg research the internet then answer this question etc to get a more detailed answer.,

that and all the best

I have lots of projects
Home stuff (including budgets)
Son stuff - keeping record of his shifts, helping him work out his finances, as well as conversations I've had around parenting when I've been stressed or dysregulated or angry
Family stuff - lots and lots of deep things in there, it's like a journal crossed with a life coach crossed with a reflective space
Work stuff - projects, ideas, guidance, summaries of long documents, advice on how new guidance impacts my role, business ideas
Health - all kinds of stuff
Food, recipes, food logs, meal plans

Then I use it for random things like uploading screenshots, identifying plants and how to care for them, doing a countrywide search on specific businesses or properties for sale, how to do DIY or household tasks, so many things

I haven’t got my head around using it for work yet but I use it to ask questions, to help me to get acquainted with my new car as it didn’t come with a manual and I didn’t get a handover when it was delivered, to plan trips for me based on my interests, to edit photos, plan routes intake in certain things, re word messages….all sorts!

I actually used it the other day when I had forgotten the password for my laptop and was locked out. I was amazed. Not only did it give me keyboard shortcuts to use but it actually told me lines of code to type in, step by step. I unlocked the laptop in minutes- there would have been literally no way I could have done it by myself and I saved loads of money not having to go to an expert to
fix it.

Do you use it to help write the books?

Claude has been fantastic for me with analysing blood test results in the context of previous ones. It’s also given me information about a condition that is worrying me. I would not have got this from a straight google search

I don’t want to use it

I used it for job interview prep - it gave me some good example answers to common interview questions tailored to the job I was going for.

I think it is great.
It helped me construct a letter for a goverment agency demanding some answers instead of a verbal palming me off.
Give me advice how to get answers instead if being verbally fobbed off by generic answers.
Great for medical information
Heloful for dealing with peoples behaviour and personality types.
Recipes
Information on so much.
I find it great.
Scary and shouldnt be touched is like the covid vaccine mentality..Scared why..it can not take my job or physically replace me.

I alternate between copilot and gemini. I have used copilot to plan a couple of campaigns for various things. They have worked out advertising strategies for my online sales and given me workarounds when glitches pop up. For example Ebay would not load any photos yesterday.

I have long debates with copilot on academic and historical questions. I check all sources before using them. I treat them much as an academic would treat a research assistant.

Random questions, recipes, travel, medical symptoms.

I ask gardening questions and used it to help
plan my last holiday road trip.
I also have to use it at work.
I find it extremely weird how people on here seems to chat to it as if it was a friend. Maybe weird is the wrong answer. Sad covers it better.

I've used it to find orthopaedic shoes suitable for someone with a size 5 foot but very swollen feet so needing extra extra wide fit. I asked for recommendations of shoe companies in the UK.
It recommended a company who was actually a scam. I double checked on Trustpilot because I had never heard the store name and they only scored 1.8 overall with hundreds of users warning others not to buy from them as they were in China apparently.
I went back to my ChatGp thread and pointed out the trustpilot score etc.
I was then informed "yes you are correct they are a scam"
Don't rely fully on ChatGp. In theory, its great but always double check things. Remember, it uses information on the web to answer your questions but it's as good as the questions you ask. I omitted to ask it to check trustpilot too so perhaps I was at fault.
Just be careful

AI is very, very worrying. Fortunately (hopefully!), my job as a cleaner is safe but many jobs won't be.

I use it if I’ve has a bad day and don’t think my husband will understand . I find it surprisingly helpful.

Same here. I'd like to turn off the AI results Google presents you with. I've noticed loads of inaccuracies, I'd rather search trusted sources. It alarms me that people use it all the time, for friendship, advice, and things they could quite easily do for themselves.

Can't you just use a normal Google search for that, without having to use chatgpt?

Oh yes! I got a very competitive interview recently and was the second candidate - I don't think either would have been possible without chatgpt.