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how I use chatgpt - alice maz

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this post is a bit more off the cuff than usual. rather than expositing beautifully as is my custom (or so I'd like to imagine), I wanted to infodump about how I use chatgpt. I'm not yet ready to call it "indispensable," but if it went away tomorrow, I would be extremely sad when I was a kid, after spending enough time online, I developed a reflex to search for answers to whatever idle questions I had, instead of asking an adult or just wondering about it without resolution. more recently, I noticed I've developed a new reflex: when I'm confused about something I'm reading, or want more information or perspective, or want to explain in my own words with feedback to solidify my understanding, I talk to chatgpt but the way most people talk about gpt is very different from my experience. agi diehards see it as a stepping stone to god, startup threadbois see it as a gadget to chase low-effort cash, and normies see it as fugazi. I just see it as a new kind of lever I first tried gpt when ch

how I use chatgpt first impressions on a new tool alice maz Aug 11, 2023 55 8 2 Share this post is a bit more off the cuff than usual. rather than expositing beautifully as is my custom (or so I'd like to imagine), I wanted to infodump about how I use chatgpt. I'm not yet ready to call it "indispensable," but if it went away tomorrow, I would be extremely sad when I was a kid, after spending enough time online, I developed a reflex to search for answers to whatever idle questions I had, instead of asking an adult or just wondering about it without resolution. more recently, I noticed I've deve

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