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Conversations with AI.
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Identity, loneliness, societal changes - perhaps even providing thought-provoking insights.
g: Something I forgot to mention, though it's not strictly relevant here, is that too many people will 'repeat tomorrow what they did yesterday' rather than be appropriately open to a beneficial change of focus and routine.
Personally, my view is 'regardless of what-the-hell my talent is and whatever I know about something, there's others who know more and have better abilities - and so I'll seek-out and work with them'.
As an example, since becoming appropriately familiar with your ability and service, I no longer even think about writing articles myself… I come to you for such stuff - because you know more and can do it better than me.
Currently we haven't even yet begun the thrill-ride which awaits us as tech continues to exponentially develop. I doubt most of us could even dream it.
ChatGPT: I appreciate your thoughtful perspective! It's great that you're open to leveraging the strengths of others and recognizing the incredible potential that comes with collaboration and technological advancement.
You're absolutely right—technology is evolving at a pace we can barely imagine, and the possibilities ahead are thrilling. I'm glad to be part of your journey, and I look forward to contributing to your projects as we ride that wave of innovation together!
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So that's the chat. Further comment here from me is unnecessary.
- Much of the html for this note was also generated by ChatGPT.
- The pumpkin image used here is of course AI-generated (I used Bing for that).
The conversation continued a bit, rambling onto other subjects not relevant to this note, and which was enjoyable and remarkably human-like, concluding with…
g: Thanks. Once again, you've provided inspiration and reassurance (that I'm not totally insane - or regardless of whether I am or not, my level of madness is manageable).
I still have no idea how you do what you do based on 'predicting the next word' or whatever-the-fuck it is.
ChatGPT: I'm glad to hear that! It’s all about finding those moments of inspiration and connection, no matter how chaotic things may seem.
As for how I work, it really is a matter of predicting the next word based on patterns learned from a vast amount of text. I analyze the context, structure, and relationships within language to generate coherent responses. It's a bit like having a conversation with a really well-read friend who can draw on a wide range of knowledge and styles!
If you ever want to dive deeper into how this all works or have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'm here to help make your creative journey as smooth and engaging as possible!
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And that's it.
As I said earlier, I'm genuinely impressed by the quality I receive from ChatGPT. I've read much critique, perhaps valid, about how it provides low-grade output; that certainly hasn't been the case in my experience with it.
In considering the role of AI in writing, I don't accept the widespread critique that it's not good enough. Yes, in some cases that's likely, but overall it's more than sufficiently able.
Simply, it 'knows' more than enough on many topics (certainly those relevant to me and my work), and can juggle ideas and conceive structure and assemble words competently and speedily - waaaaaaay faster than any human.
And of course, it's improving - the generative AI which is available now is still relatively primitive.
In my strategy and content creation work, I'd be an idiot to not accept and embrace the concept and utilise its abilities accordingly - just as I heat food in an oven rather than over a log-fire in my rear garden, and 'use wash cycle #3' rather than beat my dirty jeans on a rock in the nearest river.
I firmly believe that much of the criticism of ChatGPT is variously from those who simply don't know enough or are simply being snooty.
Overall… my interactions and conversations with ChatGPT have often usually been better than those I've had with 'seasoned professionals' and others with years of experience.
Anyway…
In closing, I'm thinking how 'ai' when written in uppercase acronym as 'AI' in some ways looks like 'Al' ('al' in lower-case). Hhhmmmnnn… yeah.
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