ChatGPT - Interesting Things You’ve Used It For
Discussion
redrabbit29 said:
I saw an interesting linkedin post which said that a bad question to ask is:
"Give me an itinerary for a three day trip to Barcelona"
Instead be really clear and specific:
"Give me an itinerary for a three day trip to Barcelona. I love walking and want to eat in Xyz area about 7pm. I also want to avoid being in direct sun around midday. I don't want to go to xyz as I've seen it before. I love a beer so include a few stops".
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I also tried this out last week, heading to Hamburg for work and have some spare time whilst I'm there, so I asked it for an itinerary for that time, first answer was good but like you, also added more specifics about exactly what I like to do, what I like to eat etc. "Give me an itinerary for a three day trip to Barcelona"
Instead be really clear and specific:
"Give me an itinerary for a three day trip to Barcelona. I love walking and want to eat in Xyz area about 7pm. I also want to avoid being in direct sun around midday. I don't want to go to xyz as I've seen it before. I love a beer so include a few stops".
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It gave some great suggestions and I will revisit it again this week.
Edited by Percy. on Sunday 23 April 22:29
Yeah if you ask a bland question it seems content to give you a bland answer. The more weirdly specific details you give it, the better the result. Even if you do want the answer to a bland question, it can be good to give the question some ornamental detail, it seems to improve the output.
I said:
Can you give me a concise description of the members of pistonheads?
ChatGPT said:
PistonHeads is a UK-based online motoring community that caters to car enthusiasts and petrolheads. Members of PistonHeads include people who are passionate about cars, motorsports, and driving. They range from casual car enthusiasts to serious petrolheads who own, modify, and race cars. The community is known for its lively discussions, car reviews, and classifieds section, where members can buy and sell cars and car-related products. Overall, the members of PistonHeads are united by their love of all things automotive.
I then said:
What about those who post in NP&E?
ChatGPT then amusingly said:
The discussions in NP&E are typically non-political and are intended to be a friendly and welcoming space for all members to share their passion for cars. Overall, the members who post in NP&E are a diverse group of car enthusiasts who share a common interest in all things automotive.
Apparently, NP&E stands for "Non-political & Events" 
If the latest version was skilled at problem solving I'd have no qualms about recommending its use to students, worked solutions are obviously a good way to see how principles are applied in both real world situations and academic exams (in this case astrophysics / astrochemistry). Some are bound to be using it anyway, without any prompting so it seemed a good idea to test its mettle.
FIrst off it had a go at the following problem: The microwave spectrum of an interstellar gas cloud contains CO transitions. Given the observed intensity ratio R(1)/R(0) for the first two lines from the R-branch of the carbon monoxide rotational spectrum is 1.11 calculate the temperature of the cloud. The method used and use of appropriate physical constants in the calculation gave the correct answer (5.3 K). It then tackled a simplified collapsing gas cloud question: Given the mass of the sun is 2 x 10^30 kg calculate the smallest diameter of a (spherical) interstellar gas cloud with a density of 1000 H atoms / cm3 that could collapse to form a star with one solar mass. Right again, giving the answer in both parsecs and light years on request.
So far so good, impressive even, so the trial will go on.
FIrst off it had a go at the following problem: The microwave spectrum of an interstellar gas cloud contains CO transitions. Given the observed intensity ratio R(1)/R(0) for the first two lines from the R-branch of the carbon monoxide rotational spectrum is 1.11 calculate the temperature of the cloud. The method used and use of appropriate physical constants in the calculation gave the correct answer (5.3 K). It then tackled a simplified collapsing gas cloud question: Given the mass of the sun is 2 x 10^30 kg calculate the smallest diameter of a (spherical) interstellar gas cloud with a density of 1000 H atoms / cm3 that could collapse to form a star with one solar mass. Right again, giving the answer in both parsecs and light years on request.
So far so good, impressive even, so the trial will go on.
Doofus said:
I said:
Can you give me a concise description of the members of pistonheads?
ChatGPT said:
PistonHeads is a UK-based online motoring community that caters to car enthusiasts and petrolheads. Members of PistonHeads include people who are passionate about cars, motorsports, and driving. They range from casual car enthusiasts to serious petrolheads who own, modify, and race cars. The community is known for its lively discussions, car reviews, and classifieds section, where members can buy and sell cars and car-related products. Overall, the members of PistonHeads are united by their love of all things automotive.
I then said:
What about those who post in NP&E?
ChatGPT then amusingly said:
The discussions in NP&E are typically non-political and are intended to be a friendly and welcoming space for all members to share their passion for cars. Overall, the members who post in NP&E are a diverse group of car enthusiasts who share a common interest in all things automotive.
Apparently, NP&E stands for "Non-political & Events" 
smn159 said:
It probably won't know what NP&E means. Try 'News, Politics & Economics' as that's what the section is actually called
I've tried that.Response said:
Based on my training data, Pistonheads is primarily a car enthusiasts forum. While they may have sections or threads dedicated to news, politics, and economics, I do not have specific information on the contributors or content in those areas.
smn159 said:
Lord Marylebone said:
How to I try ChatGPT? DO I just sign up for a login and use it? Is it free?
Yes, free to use, just sign up for an account
Edit: Just tried to signed up using my 'burner' email address, but it now wants to verify my UK mobile number before I can proceed. I think I'll give it a miss for the moment.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 24th April 13:01
Turtle Shed said:
I made a stupid wordle-inspired game called "Vowle", and when I say stupid, I really mean it:
www.vowle.co.uk
(Completely safe for work).
www.vowle.co.uk
(Completely safe for work).
Excellent TED talk from Greg Brockman, founder of OpenAI. Great insights into how AI models can interact to build bigger and better responses and also his opinions on how the industry can mature in a way that allows more accountability and greater accuracy in model outputs. Well worth a watch for anybody remote interested in this stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_78DM8fG6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_78DM8fG6E
Amateurish said:
Turtle Shed said:
I made a stupid wordle-inspired game called "Vowle", and when I say stupid, I really mean it:
www.vowle.co.uk
(Completely safe for work).
www.vowle.co.uk
(Completely safe for work).
LordM try here and see what the current state of play is.
https://openai.com/product/gpt-4
DanL said:
Got it to rewrite and “punch up” my yearly self appraisal. Not bad - I’m certainly going to use bits of what it wrote, and it also condensed out some of the waffle.
That's what I have found it very useful for.A few times I have had to write something important in a report - maybe 2-3 paragraphs. My approach this week was to not even bother with spelling, how it sounds, making it sound intelligent... I just wrote what I was trying to say - copied it over to ChatGPT and said to make it sound better and it did
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