Chat GPT - worth getting to grips with it

I've found it to be extremely helpful. I'm a big fan.

It gets a very bad press, and a lot of people think it will be complicated, but it really isn't.

Couldn't be simpler. Quite 'human' feeling.

Thank you

I’ve been using it a little and it’s very useful. I intend to do more with it. If nothing else, it gives you ideas of where to start in tackling an issue.

I did the same with a small pension, Doodledog, asking whether it was best to take the payments or a lump sum. I used my ds’s paid-for Claude but he sat firmly on the fence as to which was the best option.

SueDonim

I’ve been using it a little and it’s very useful. I intend to do more with it. If nothing else, it gives you ideas of where to start in tackling an issue.

I did the same with a small pension, Doodledog, asking whether it was best to take the payments or a lump sum. I used my ds’s paid-for Claude but he sat firmly on the fence as to which was the best option.

Yes, I didn't ask for advice, but what the charts on the form meant😂. I can usually understand English, but this was so badly laid out, and required an understanding of Lifetime Tax Allowances and things usually dealt with (in my world) by HR and HMRC.

It was very good at explaining (it even said that the letter was badly worded and the form difficult to read) and has offered to go through it with me if I upload the documents after I've filled them in to check I've covered everything.

It did say, after asking me about other income, that given the small amounts involved it agreed with my decision to cash it in, though.

I’m a little suspicious as, it retains info like my postcode etc.. it was helpful in suggesting various broadband providers but felt a bit alarmed it kept previous info .. even the wording about ‘you mentioned earlier’ 😳

I hate it with a vengeance - not because I'm afraid of technology, but because I've seen it come up with so many wrong answers, time after time.

I don't like the idea of the huge data centres using so much water and electricity.
I also think that at my age, I should be using my brain as much as possible. I can see, though, that in the sort of case you are talking about Doodledog it would be very useful.

I find it very useful. Yes, it's not 100 percent but it's really helpful. Equally a photographer has shown me how to get it create images using photos. It's very clever.

Please remember to ask the opposite.

So if you say is it a good idea to (say) cash this pension in - don't forget to ask it what are the best reasons for NOT doing so.

I found lots of things that are not so clear as you first think.

It wants to please you so likes to agree with your suggestions it seems to me.

I would never make decisions based on advice from AI, but as SueDonim says, it doesn't give it. It will point out the implications of doing x, y or z, but it's up to you how you act on that.

You can delete chats if you are uneasy about it holding info, but it can be useful not to have to keep telling it which operating system you're using and things like that.

As I said in my OP, there are ecological implications, but driving to a professional for advice has those, too.

Yes, istr I asked for pros and cons of each pension scenario, not whether solution A was the best one. It was for a very small amount of money and it was almost just for fun to ask Claude about it.

It’s like using sat navs, I think. It offers guidelines but don’t take anything as gospel without using your own discretion.

I would have really struggled without Chat GPT to get through the complexities of moving back to England from France post Brexit. It even helped me to get through a complex series of drop down menus on the French tax form and offered to write letters to organisations mired in French bureacracy.

I’ve taken pictures of vases and uploaded them and asked for examples of different arrangements, different colours etc, it’s absolutely brilliant!

You get about 5/6 questions a day, after that they ask you yo subscribe. I stick with the free service.

It has been little short of life changing for some of the parents I work with trying to negotiate funding forms, etc.

I told it size etc of Elomi bra I always have,(£45) and asked GPT to find the cheapest one available anywhere, It found one on sale somewhere for £22 !!! Thanks very much!!

I find it very useful for bringing together and summarising information which I could have found by visiting several websites but I think it's worthwhile to ask it to give citations and to check the ones it gives as it is notorious for making things up. Citing non existent academic papers and non existent court cases/judgements are two which I've seen complained about. Perhaps not important at the level we use it at, but could be serious in other instances.

It told my husband that he was a world famous shoemaker - no ides where that came from . When asked about what he actually does the reply came back ‘world famous for that as well’

I asked it to work out which electricity tariff was best for me. It produced beautiful comparison tables which really helped me to understand the best one.

Also if you go on Google, make sure you have set private browsing, and tick the box AI you can ask a question about anything but as others have said don’t make any important decisions based on the answers. However I find it very useful for asking things like ‘ where can I take my 8 year old for a day out near’ me or suggestions for hotels etc It will come up with some handy ideas that you can then explore further. It also asks questions to narrow down the options. I’ve also used it to explain some medical terminology that I didn’t understand. Very useful if used properly.