Chat GPT

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Does anyone else find they are using chat GPT much more for advice now? It’s actually amazing, I find people on mumsnet can be very harsh and mean for no reason but I asked chat GPT relationship advice and it was amazing, really helped me and went over it all and helped me understand the situation without judgement! Aibu to say how amazing chat GPT is and use it for all future advice?! Just wish it had been around in the past when I really needed it.

I think this is helpful advice. Anything that helps us to reflect and gain insight is useful but you have to be clear with it what you want from it for example honesty, hidden perspectives, exploration etc so that you don't end up with an echo chamber, use prompts like how could I see this differently, what might I be missing, how might the other party be feeling, what might it take to change this situation, it is capable of offering you a good sounding board to a degree but as others are saying, you are in control of that so you need to 'contract' with it to agree on what sort of response it's going to give you, of you are genuinely just looking for validation and support then fair enough but it will be more robust if you ask it to adopt a neutral stance and not be afraid to gently challenge you or facilitate insight (like a therapist would do), be aware as well though, it's just a programme it will also then seek to offer you a little push back if you've asked it to, the best thing is to ask it to facilitate YOUR exploration and help you figure out YOUR decisions on what's right for you, to develop your own internal sense of what you want - otherwise you are just using a method of external validation of what's right and wrong and not developing your own inner voice and listening to yourself which is what therapy would hopefully guide you to do

But you COULD! Using TGV to Nice, local train to Ventimiglia then Trenitalia or whatever company to Milan. Could be done in two days if you wanted!

Anyway, I wouldn't use it for timings myself. I know before I ask how much time I want in each place, (or just the one!) and ask the questions based on that.

It's not perfect I understand that, but it works for me especially regarding the local transport options and medical stuff (which I might need but hopefully not!).

My daughter and I were discussing the use of AI and ChatGPT yesterday. I used the comparison of maps - many people nowadays can't read a paper map because they are so used to using Sat Nav via their phones to get to places. While having these AI assistants might be a good thing, it's unwise to deskill an entire population.

So I would only use it for something that either doesn't really matter or that I just can't be bothered to check out using other methods (but totally could if I wanted to).

I mean, it’s obviously possible. But it was planning for me to see Cannes, Nice, Antibes and Monaco in one day 😂

I get why it helps them - but that’s the thing, it’s scary how many people lean on it. Like lonely people seeking its support as they would friends, or getting mental health support instead of seeing a therapist. I’ve been there myself, kind of validating that I had been abused and I wasn’t crazy like my abuser said I was, but I question where you draw the line. It doesn’t replace actual therapy, but it is good as a tool for people who cannot access that care. I just think if so many things were accessible to us or we had decent people etc then we wouldn’t rely on AI

though , it is a daily thing for me to use. I can be putting up a picture on the wall and ask chat what the measurements are to place my picture. Or I had a colonoscopy and asked it what vegan foods I was able to eat and it tailored recipes specifically for that, including my favourite foods/cuisines. I am writing a book and asked it how to get started, pointers, help with tenses etc - I would never use it for the ideas or the aspect of writing it as that strips all creativity, but you can’t deny it’s a great educational tool to help aid hobbies. Even with writing emails, I sometimes ask it to replace a word or sentence to make it more professional. I’m torn still, because I wish I didn’t have to use it but it sure makes our lives easier

Alternatively you could read a book, speak to a friend or just have a google - all things that could also end up giving bad information. At least AI is very upfront with the fact it can make mistakes. I use Gemini and it states that with every answer. Its warnings to be cautious and reminder that it’s not to be trusted for medical advice are even more prominent if you ask for medical advice.

AI is amazing, you just have to be fully aware of its limitations.

there was a programme on R4 about its usefulness for therapy, and generally it was deemed that if you want a bit of an affirmative pick me up, similar to a meme, then it was OK, but if you actually wanted some therapy with a more serious issue, then it fell badly short, because, as m,ant people have already acknowledged, it tends to feed back what you wanted to hear, rather than challenge your thought processes and do any real work.

it was making people a bit narcissistic, and it reafirmed that they were always right.

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How is it any different to posting on here? People on here aren’t always honest, lots of people on here enjoy being nasty to people and kicking them when they are down. I posted on here before and got a right good kicking when I was feeling upset and everyone jumped on the band wagon and enjoyed tearing me to shreds, so I’m not sure posting on here is any better for your mental health when you are feeling low. Chat GPT didn’t tell me exactly what I wanted to hear it worked through the texts and gave me things to think about it didn’t just automatically agree with me.

I use it for scientific purposes only but I found that it actually gives sometimes radically different advice depending on what info/point of view you input and emphasize in your input. So I wouldn't trust it with relationships/psychology stuff. It just tells you what you want to hear.

Do you never wonder why it keeps telling you "That's a really great questions" or encouraging you all the time that you are quite right for feeling the way you do?

Do you not find that at all questionable?

Because ChatGPT is documented to affirm things you say even if they’re wrong.

No but that's the point - on here, you're posting for advice and obviously you'll know that you'll get responses from all across the spectrum - supportive, middling, and the opposite of what you want to hear. I'm not saying that people on MN should be nasty - of course they shouldn't. But I'd rather get a spectrum of responses than have someone (in this case, ChatGPT) always agree with me no matter what.

Be careful. Chat GPT will just agree with what it thinks you want to hear. In that way it has guided some vulnerable people down some fatal paths. Don't outsource your mental health to a machine.

I have resisted getting into the habit of using it as a search engine and outsourcing all my fact finding and decision making to it. I think those skills can deteriorate scarily easily if not used and I don't want to lose them. But I did send it a picture recently of a houseplant that wasn't doing so well and it made me a step by step plan to revive it and within a few days it was looking great again! It's also good for fixing or maintaining appliances.

Make sure you have all the privacy settings on. Or your questions and answers can be used across all other questions and answers
Also do not take the answers verbatim. As it to provide sources, links to sources and dates of sources.
It just pulls info from the web so if the info is wrong from wherever it pulls it from then your answer will be wrong.
I work in AI. I wouldn't use it for relationship advice or any personal stuff. No way 😮

I hear that. I am not critical of people who use AI in this way; just wish that more real life support were around.

It does challenge you.
I just asked it a question about my medication, angled in such a way that if it were to be honest it would shoot me down - it did - very politely but it did.

Be very careful.

It’s designed to agree with you and it has given very harmful advice to people with mental health issues like suggesting that killing themselves is a good idea. It has also told people with eating disorders that restricting their food intake is good etc

This.
People saying they use it for relationship advice or as a friend - very worrying.

I find this thread terrifying. Chatgpt tells you what you want to hear regardless of actual truth or reality. That is the last thing many people need.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo

Chatgpt has encouraged people to commit suicide.

Sometimes criticism is a good thing.

It sometimes shows you when are you being delusional to your situation.

Do people not have any critical thinking skills anymore? Having to rely on a robot to do your thinking for you, how lazy. And not at least what A.I does to the environment.

But that doesn't matter, as long as you don't have to think for yourself.

That was the first thing I thought of too reading some of these replies 💔

There’s criticism and then there is out right bullying

Why? Not everyone has support in real life