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 was coming on to say similar - make sure you have the correct privacy settings so it doesn't use your data to train itself further.

As others have said it mirrors you and feeds back into what you’ve asked.

I also think it applies a therapist lens too much so in another way it expects the person asking questions to do all of the “work” in a relational pattern.

For example if a person is by normal assessment really toxic it excuses away all of the behaviour with context and understanding because it cannot assess people morally more like a therapist trying to fix a person would do than another person who doesn’t get paid and doesn’t only see the people on and off for an hour here or there.

It had all sorts of context and nuance and understanding for the SA (the actual abuser) that went on in my family for decades whereas MN would tell you to go NC instantly. So obviously I don’t recommend it.

I too can sign up to both these attributes. But I use ChatGPT.

Unless we completely bury our heads in the sand and assume the Luddite role we cannot avoid the modern world.

I can think for myself, but cannot know everything - this is why libraries have existed for the purposes of education. AI can provide information, which I have always sought on many topics and from many sources, as most people do.

Posting on mumsnet is bad for the environment ....... as is using your online bank account, searching on google, getting on a train, driving to work ........

We cannot run our backs on everything but we can lobby for the most environmentally friendly ways of embracing modern technology.

AI doesn’t know everything. ChatGPT is often wrong. It doesn’t make you a Luddite to think that.

I asked it about a workplace dynamic and it pretty much said that the environment was the problem rather than me. When i input the exact same set of facts/incidents another time (i use temporary chat so it wouldn't use info from the previous convo) but pretended i was autistic it pretty much said that i was the problem, not the environment. It came up with all sorts of questions about me rather than about the environment (which is what it did in the first scenario) and just assumed that i stood out in some way and had difficulty reading social cues. It wasn't able to alter its judgement after that, however much i put in contradictory evidence. In other words it prioritised the supposed autism and saw everything else through that lens. It was a revealing process and i could see clearly how it might just reinforce and amplify your beliefs about yourself.

Do you think any of these billionaires care about how we will live? There will be no ubi. But then no one will be able to afford their products either.

I know what you are saying but of course it takes into account the variable.
It is more objective than a human already, and it’s in its infancy.

(And I’m not exactly a fan. Wish such a huge change to humanity wasn’t in the hands of some socially awkward nerds + investors.)

Why? People in real life get sick of listening to you anyway even if you have support people don’t want to keep going over the same things

Tbh I only post things I would post on here. I dont post anything I wouldn’t post online anyway.

Anyone with any ounce of emotional intelligence and maturity knows all this and wouldn't trust and do everything it suggests.

I asked it the other day to tell me which outfit looked better on me. It completely disagreed with my instincts so I ignored it. It certainly gave me food for thought but I'm still in control of my decisions, however big or small in this case.

When you use it in this way, it's absolutely fine. I use it as a sounding board and for reflection when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Works a treat because all it does is teases out patterns of thoughts and then I decide what to do with it all. It offers suggestions and perspective, but ultimately I'm still in the driver's seat.

As soon as you forget that, and become a slave to it, that's when it's a problem and it's the younger and/or vulnerable population we need to worry about here.

I agree to an extent. That said AI has changed my life in positive ways. Most especially from a work perspective - it's helped me accelerate my business exponentially.

I think it's here to stay and to dismiss its usefulness as a powerful tool out of fear is equally as dangerous as using it indiscriminately.

It definitely saved my business from going tits up. So I am guess I am biased.

Well yes. I'll also add I've used it to help plan lessons as a tutor. It's been excellent for that and has saved me a lot of time.

Never mind the massive energy consumption for training and running it, high electricity use, substantial water consumption for cooling etc whilst you ask it if it’s safe to pass wind or what to have for tea lol

I did say it's not always that easy.

If you were my friend, I wouldn't get tired of listening to you. I'd try to support you however I can, like I do my dear friends.

I didn't always have friends, it took time to cultivate and find these friendships.

I try to look at people's actions and not words to see if they are genuine. Took me a while to learn to respect myself as well and not take crap from people, with strong boundaries of my own.

It can be done but it takes time, effort and self evaluation. I don't have loads of friends but I go for quality, not quantity. The result is I get back what I put out, unlike friendships of the past.

You deserve this too. You deserve to be happy and I hope you find some nice people in life too. I truly do.