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This is a match made in heaven, which makes ChatGPT actually useful for factual data. Or the inverse, it makes Wolfram Alpha even more accessible. That example

This is a match made in heaven, which makes ChatGPT actually useful for factual data. Or the inverse, it makes Wolfram Alpha even more accessible. That example screenshot of ChatGPT generating three queries to Wolfram Alpha in succession in order to answer the initial question is amazing. It's just how a human might have used Wolfram Alpha to do the same.

comboy 4y ago
OpenAI becomes a really powerful corporation right now. Until reasonable alternatives are developed, in many professions you will be basically handicapped without it. And the cherry on top is that they have all inputs. These provide incomparably more data than e.g. google search queries. Not to mention they have a tool which excels at guessing user intention and interests.
- oliveshell 4y ago
  What sort of professions? I think it might really help with writers’ block. But “handicapped without it” in “many professions”? Without detailed support, this reads as a rather absurd and zealous statement.
  - splatzone 4y ago
    Any profession which involves digesting, analysing and organising information will be heavily affected by GPT. If you are the guy manually writing code to extract and interpret information from CSVs or articles, it might take you hours longer than the guy who gets the chatbot to do it in seconds. I predict GPT will be a necessary tool to stay competitive in most middle class jobs within the next year
    - travisporter 4y ago
      But how can you verify what you find?
      - jazzyjackson 4y ago
        You run the code and see that it produced the result you wanted how does anyone verify the work they've subcontracted out? They see progress and they call it good enough.
- ShamelessC 4y ago
  > Until reasonable alternatives are developed There’s many in the works. They aren’t magically ten years ahead of everyone else. Google and Facebook both have comparable technology. Open teams are catching up. The research is also improving outside of OpenAI making their “moat” (requiring cloud computing to run) nearly obsolete.
- DANmode 4y ago
  > Until reasonable alternatives are developed Thoughts on OpenAssistant?

comboy 4y ago

OpenAI becomes a really powerful corporation right now. Until reasonable alternatives are developed, in many professions you will be basically handicapped without it. And the cherry on top is that they have all inputs. These provide incomparably more data than e.g. google search queries. Not to mention they have a tool which excels at guessing user intention and interests.

oliveshell 4y ago
What sort of professions? I think it might really help with writers’ block. But “handicapped without it” in “many professions”? Without detailed support, this reads as a rather absurd and zealous statement.
- splatzone 4y ago
  Any profession which involves digesting, analysing and organising information will be heavily affected by GPT. If you are the guy manually writing code to extract and interpret information from CSVs or articles, it might take you hours longer than the guy who gets the chatbot to do it in seconds. I predict GPT will be a necessary tool to stay competitive in most middle class jobs within the next year
  - travisporter 4y ago
    But how can you verify what you find?
    - jazzyjackson 4y ago
      You run the code and see that it produced the result you wanted how does anyone verify the work they've subcontracted out? They see progress and they call it good enough.
ShamelessC 4y ago
> Until reasonable alternatives are developed There’s many in the works. They aren’t magically ten years ahead of everyone else. Google and Facebook both have comparable technology. Open teams are catching up. The research is also improving outside of OpenAI making their “moat” (requiring cloud computing to run) nearly obsolete.
DANmode 4y ago
> Until reasonable alternatives are developed Thoughts on OpenAssistant?