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My wife, who uses whatever default is offered unless I provide a compelling enough argument, said she'd actively switch to Bing if it incorporated ChatGPT even

My wife, who uses whatever default is offered unless I provide a compelling enough argument, said she'd actively switch to Bing if it incorporated ChatGPT even in its current form.

HaZeust 4y ago
I’m heavily considering it myself. I know folks that are so subservient to Google that, despite Google’s objective deterioration in results as of recent, believe that something not shown on Google must mean it’s no longer accessible. Millions of people believe in the Dead Internet theory because of it, when all they need to do is try a new search engine. I look forward to seeing if Bing’s ChatGPT integration will be enough of a selling proposition to have the masses consider new alternatives for Search.
- shubb 4y ago
  Suit at work today showed us a spreadsheet of business things he'd been working on. "See how each row has a description column so Pele who aren't familiar can understand it? I used chat gpt for those, saved me like 3 days". As devs, communicating specific ideas tersly to computers, I feel like we can miss how much this benefits other people. This feels like an excel moment for people who need to produce copy about widely known things and aren't super sensitive to quality, even now. And yes a lot of people. From mailshots to HR.
  - HaZeust 4y ago
    No doubt! It’s how AI is marketed in all places right now, “talk and ask for things as if it’s a human”. Soon gone are the days where you have to render a raw thought into a mish-mash of Search engine-friendly keywords and synonyms in order to get the most relevant results - you can ask for things from AI as if it’s your receptionist!
  - bentcorner 4y ago
    I agree, I've personally used ChatGPT as a "fill in the blanks" kind of tool for non-technical prose. I provide the skeleton and structure, ChatGPT paints in the lines. It's also extremely easy to proofread and verify it's not spouting nonsense. Would a talented writer do better? Absolutely. But I'm using it for fun and it does a much better job than I can.
121789 4y ago
Why?
verdverm 4y ago
I'm using both Google Search and ChatGPT in parallel. ChatGPT cannot substitute at this point. It is better as a co-writer than as an answering system. It can answer open ended questions, but anything requiring specific information is questionable. And the whole programming thing? It gives wrong results that are not correct and at times don't even compile. Ask it to fix something, it does half the work. It hallucinates functions which do not exist. That being said, if you ask software problems that are not answered with code, it does a better job. People will say they would switch until they try the current iteration. We certainly want something better, a real virtual assistant, but what we have is not there yet

My wife, who uses whatever default is offered unless I provide a compelling enough argument, said she'd actively switch to Bing if it incorporated ChatGPT even in its current form.

HaZeust 4y ago

I’m heavily considering it myself. I know folks that are so subservient to Google that, despite Google’s objective deterioration in results as of recent, believe that something not shown on Google must mean it’s no longer accessible. Millions of people believe in the Dead Internet theory because of it, when all they need to do is try a new search engine. I look forward to seeing if Bing’s ChatGPT integration will be enough of a selling proposition to have the masses consider new alternatives for Search.

shubb 4y ago
Suit at work today showed us a spreadsheet of business things he'd been working on. "See how each row has a description column so Pele who aren't familiar can understand it? I used chat gpt for those, saved me like 3 days". As devs, communicating specific ideas tersly to computers, I feel like we can miss how much this benefits other people. This feels like an excel moment for people who need to produce copy about widely known things and aren't super sensitive to quality, even now. And yes a lot of people. From mailshots to HR.
- HaZeust 4y ago
  No doubt! It’s how AI is marketed in all places right now, “talk and ask for things as if it’s a human”. Soon gone are the days where you have to render a raw thought into a mish-mash of Search engine-friendly keywords and synonyms in order to get the most relevant results - you can ask for things from AI as if it’s your receptionist!
- bentcorner 4y ago
  I agree, I've personally used ChatGPT as a "fill in the blanks" kind of tool for non-technical prose. I provide the skeleton and structure, ChatGPT paints in the lines. It's also extremely easy to proofread and verify it's not spouting nonsense. Would a talented writer do better? Absolutely. But I'm using it for fun and it does a much better job than I can.

121789 4y ago

Why?

verdverm 4y ago

I'm using both Google Search and ChatGPT in parallel. ChatGPT cannot substitute at this point. It is better as a co-writer than as an answering system. It can answer open ended questions, but anything requiring specific information is questionable. And the whole programming thing? It gives wrong results that are not correct and at times don't even compile. Ask it to fix something, it does half the work. It hallucinates functions which do not exist. That being said, if you ask software problems that are not answered with code, it does a better job. People will say they would switch until they try the current iteration. We certainly want something better, a real virtual assistant, but what we have is not there yet