Actually, ChatGPT is INCREDIBLY Useful (15 Surprising Examples)

And actually just today Google announced Gemini Advanced, which I’m now allowed to say I was an early tester for 🧐. I would say it’s definitely on par with GPT-4, and more useful in certain areas because of the search capabilities. Though for coding I still prefer GPT-4. Also I think Gemini is better for generating certain photorealistic images, but it doesn’t quite follow instructions as well as DALLE3 I think. However Gemini Advanced is paid and uses their “ultra” model, and the free one is the “pro” model which isn’t as good.

I'm autistic and it lets me ask questions that I'm afraid would come off as stupid when I ask my colleagues. I'm so incredibly thankful for this tool. Fact checking is a must though especially for critical info.

I mean calling 3.5 garbage is definitely an extreme take. It would be better to say in comparison that 4 is a significant improvement to the previous instance. But in the general consensus of things 3.5 is by far bounds better than the predecessors before it.

One you forgot is working on a resume. I'm terrible at formatting my projects into a good format for a resume so I just described to chat GPT what I've worked on and it gives me a really good output to put on my resume. I actually made my own resume advisor agent that is able to go through my resume section by section or the entire thing at once. It can do suggestions or just output its own version based on your description and it can simulate interview questions based on your resume to get you prepared for an interview. Once I had a really good solid generic resume I would then put that in as input and then put the job that I'm applying for and have it modify my resume to fit the specific job I'm applying for and then generate a unique cover letter to match that position. This has allowed me to apply for many different jobs really quickly with unique customized resumes for that specific position.

It's useful for technical instructions, it used to take me hours to dumb down instructions for non techy people, trying to anticipate what people don't know is difficult. Now I literally just brain dump what I need into GPT-4 and out pops easy to understand instructions that anybody can understand. It has save so much time and more importantly support call from users who didn't understand the instructions. It's also so useful for summarizing tech docs, quite often companies write documentation with inexperienced users in mind, so you are presented with massive walls of text, and it's depressing knowing the information you need is just a single sentence, that's no longer a problem with GPT-4 it just knows how to pull out what you need.

This video is not fair, you need to do side by side comparison before saying today's Chatgpt 3.5 is stupid or not. I can literally do 90% of the task this video shown on 3.5 perfectly. It can even generate Third Normal Form based on a data table.

Wonderful video. I like the "out of the box" thinking mate. I've been using ChatGPT 3.5 (and 4.0 through Copilot) for several months now and it helped me (up to a point) in many ways: 1- Grammar check 2- Rephrasing according to certain styles 3- Writing codes for specific requirements 4- Writing poem 5- Describing certain codes or commands (as you have mentioned) 6- Solving some math problems (I wasn't satisfied as I found many mistakes. However, it was about advanced math and very specific) 7- Asking suggestions about what tools or software shall I use for a certain task 8- Asking about various topics in science and technology 9- Asking about pros and cons to compare between stuff, methods, tools ... etc 10- Providing suitable citations for specific sentences 11- Asking about rules and regulations regarding a certain topic in a certain country Among other ways. I do feel that I'm just scratching the surface and there are lots of other ways to use it. In general, this tool is amazing and can help greatly if we know how to use it.

Calling GPT 3.5 braindead was the most realest thing I've heard today. Cracked me up hard

Pro Tip: In case you are worried about the whole hallucination thing… When you click your profile icon (at the bottom right), you can choose "Custom Instructions" There you can tell GPT to respond in a certain way. In my response field I entered: "Always end the result with a confidence level." This way, you know how sure GPT is about its response, after each response during a chat. When this level is LOW, you could add more context to the chat.

Great video! This is really the first tool that isn't language dependent. I use it to scan documents and ask for a summary and some specific questions (which I can verify in that same document), to generate ideas or approaches for writing, and to summarize books that I don't remember 😂

I use GPT-3.5 for more basic queries like "how do I change this setting" or very simple coding tasks and only consult GPT-4 if it doesn't deliver. This can be helpful to preserve your message quota (e.g. 40 messages every 3h, sometimes even less). Furthermore, you can use GPT-3.5 with a free account so you can send it queries that you'd rather not have directly associated with your payment info for whatever reason.

I feel like ChatGPT is better at giving more "human" advice. Its just nice to have an AI give more summarized answers rather than looking for it yourself!

3:50 Ask it to give you a csv file, it gives a link for file download. I used it to generate a Gantt chart, edit the values manually then draw it again. Amazing.

I inherited an R program at work which I knew nothing about. I was able to paste in lines of code to have explained to me what the code did. That was very helpful.

I used GPT3.5 to make my first python code in about 2 hours. I had it read a midi usb signal from a keyboard and draw a shape on the screen that corresponds with the keys being pressed. It correctly told me which settings in windows I had to change to get the IDE to function properly. I also use it to create philosophy presentations and help me understand the ideas of whoever is the philosopher of the week. It correctly quoted and cited Heidegger. A guy at a party said he uses it to practice versions of Spanish from different countries. I don’t think any other tool in history is as versatile.

I actually do use 3.5 for code all the time, they seem to have made it better than when it first came out. Even 3.5 is super useful

One awesome use that is EXTREMELY helpful: Diagnose complex error/crash logs and explain how to fix the problem! This has helped me MANY times. Whenever a program I'm using gives me a crash report, or any error dump, I simply paste it to ChatGPT (or claude if it's too long), and ask it to explain the problem, and how to fix it.

I was hoping it would write scripts for me since my own experience was extremely basic. The fact that it got close but not perfect nearly every time has inadvertently taught me to write better scripts, write code in more languages, understand my employer’s infrastructure better by seeing what works and what doesn’t (just never give it ANY identifiable or specific information - use placeholders and variables and get approval), and generally made me look like a genius. It’s an incredibly useful tool. Like having an extremely knowledgeable assistant with short term memory loss 😂

I uploaded a photo of a family member taken in the mid-19th century. I had spent years on and off trying to identify the person by dating her dress and hairstyle. This was difficult as it depended on whether she was wearing the most up-to-date fashion or not. ChatGPT dated the image to within 10 years, and with that information, I knew that it was a specific ancestor and not her daughter. I also uploaded an image of an antique writing slope I had bought and it accurately dated it. I later hired an antique restorer and he confirmed the date was correct.

I guarantee you the best feature of gpt4 is passing a web page or a screenshot of an email and asking it to make a .ics event to import to your calendar with the info