ChatGPT is extremely impressive, and I use it quite often. However, almost every single "look how impressive ChatGPT is" I come across, is exactly the things ChatGPT seems terrible at.
So here is my summary:
- The good: When you need inspiration, topics, creativity, suggestions. Exactly the things traditionally thought AI would be bad at. Turns out churning and mix-matching concepts is very close to human creativity.
- The bad: Anything, and I mean anything, that requires factual knowledge or accuracy, if the facts are important, then ChatGPT is terrible.
- The ugly: This is the same as the bad, but it's when used by people who do not understand that a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer at all. The world is already filled with vocal people on the wrong end of the Dunning-Kruger scale.
I asked it to explain simple multiplication (for example: "Explain 419 * 213", and it'll give you a page long answer and detailed step by step, with the conclusion "So, the product of 419 * 213 is equal to 8857.")
I asked it for the length of the titanic, and it happily adds how it sunk after hitting a polar bear.
Now, I've also asked it to group categories and materials associated with certain themes and topics. And those have been brilliant. So, it has it's use cases. But, producing useful final output based on any facts? Nah, haven't seen it.
So here is my summary:
- The good: When you need inspiration, topics, creativity, suggestions. Exactly the things traditionally thought AI would be bad at. Turns out churning and mix-matching concepts is very close to human creativity.
- The bad: Anything, and I mean anything, that requires factual knowledge or accuracy, if the facts are important, then ChatGPT is terrible.
- The ugly: This is the same as the bad, but it's when used by people who do not understand that a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer at all. The world is already filled with vocal people on the wrong end of the Dunning-Kruger scale.
I asked it to explain simple multiplication (for example: "Explain 419 * 213", and it'll give you a page long answer and detailed step by step, with the conclusion "So, the product of 419 * 213 is equal to 8857.")
I asked it for the length of the titanic, and it happily adds how it sunk after hitting a polar bear.
Now, I've also asked it to group categories and materials associated with certain themes and topics. And those have been brilliant. So, it has it's use cases. But, producing useful final output based on any facts? Nah, haven't seen it.