[chapium]

I’m just searching the comments for novel use cases where its effective. Most articles I’ve read seem like either moral panics or snake oil.

I like how it can generate songs and poems based on a prompt. Its not particularly useful, but it is entertaining. It really does seem curated at times, leading me to think this will eventually become a fad or replaced by a more advanced algorithm.

[nicbou]

The most potent use case of the current implementation of ChatGPT is plagiarism.

Businesses who need blog posts for content marketing would hire copywriters who would paraphrase my content and publish it as their own. Now they can do it faster and for free. Blogspam got cheaper and more effective. This applies to other kinds of spam too: email spam, forum spam, comment spam... Spam spam spam. I'm afraid that we'll soon drown in even more noise.

Again, this is just the current implementation, which has not reached its full potency. We're already seeing this combined with voice and video generation. Then it's students doing their homework with it, and even professionals.

This is a game changer. You can argue that it makes the game better or worse, but you can't deny that it's changing the rules.

[Spivak]

Or less cynically, it's a really good writing assistant. There is a self-service tool that understands English on a level that Grammerly could only dream of.

Not sure how to phrase an email in a professional tone, tell GPT to write it and edit from there. This is a tool that is going to be a smash it with non-native speakers or really anyone who just isn't that good with words.

> Write an email to a coworker telling them in the politest and most professional manner that they're a fucking idiot who doesn't know what they're talking about and that I'm the subject matter expert on this topic. Don't swear and have a firm but neutral tone.

I understand that you have a great interest in the topic we were discussing earlier, and I appreciate your enthusiasm. However, I feel it is important to clarify a few points.

As the subject matter expert on this topic, I believe it is important to note that there are certain aspects that may not be fully understood without a deeper understanding of the material. With that being said, I would like to offer my assistance in making sure that all aspects of the topic are properly understood.

If you have any further questions or would like to discuss the topic in more detail, I am more than happy to assist. Please do not hesitate to reach out at any time.

[nicbou]

I wonder what happens when we outsource the burden of proper communication to an AI. It's definitely very useful for language learners like me, but it might end up shaping how people write and speak (with AI training us back with added cultural influence from SV). It might change what we value in communication (with one AI expanding prompts, and another summarising the output with some loss).

It will be a wild ride.

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

If it will make homework go away, good riddance)

[autokad]

its no fad. I use to spend an hour going over an email to management. make it less technical, make it sound nicer / polite, etc. now I can take a sentence and say 'make this more succinct. ok, but take that and make it more polite, great thanks'.

I even used it for project proposals. 'write me a 1 page document for this idea'. and then I just use the scaffolding from there. its a huge time saver.

also you are notn seeing the bigger picture. "I like how it can generate songs and poems based on a prompt. Its not particularly useful, but it is entertaining. " do you realize how this is going to make writing (books, songs, tv shows, movies) so much easier?

I had a dream, all I did was give chatgpt the basics of the dream and I said make this into a short story. the results weren't bad, its definitely something one can work with. I think content creation on platforms is about to explode.

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

But would you like to be on the receiving end of this? Would you buy a book written by AI? Content creation might explode, but nobody will read it.

[bbor]

I’m less excited about “books written by AI” than “authors using AI for certain mundane tasks to increase their efficiency”. And multiply that out to games, movies, podcasts, etc etc etc

[autokad]

can't be any worse than the crap they are putting out there now. I don't care if its written by a human or not, if its good, fine

[avereveard]

Want niche use case? I feed chatgpt the whole warstuff one page rule miniature combat system, and I can ask it to generate thematic units.

I generated a wide variety of content from LOTR to ships.

it even created new trait to complement the existing one when needed by special units, along with explanation of the mechanics of the trait.

It doesn't quite understand positioning, but it will simulate round of combat between unit when asked.

[bbor]

You’re by far the most interesting person in this thread - I’ve been coding up a Warhammer 40k (symbolic) AI for a while, but I bet chatgpt could blow it out of the water…

[avereveard]

well warstuff rules are simple and I gues they fit nicely in gpt memory the ruleset is here and is magnitudes simpler than warhammer https://onepagerules.com/portfolio/one-off-games/ - I just copy pasted the whole ruleset into a message prepended by "Consider a wargaming system built with these rules:"

this is a sample prompt afterward:

> create a set of units using these rules, themed around warhammer 40k

this is what chatgpt came up with, it's impressive as I just set a theme, and it dig up appropriate original special rules that fit within the ruleset:

Sure, here are three examples of units themed around Warhammer 40k that you can use in your wargaming system:

    Space Marines: Quality 4, Special Rules: Shooter, Tough, Cost: 50pts

    The Space Marines are a heavily armored and well-trained fighting force, with a Quality value of 4 reflecting their combat abilities and morale. They have the Shooter special rule, allowing them to fire ranged weapons, and the Tough special rule, making them more resistant to damage. Their point cost is 50, calculated by multiplying Quality 4 by 10 and adding the point cost of the special rules.

    Chaos Space Marines: Quality 3, Special Rules: Shooter, Daemonic, Cost: 40pts

    The Chaos Space Marines are a corrupted version of the Space Marines, with a lower Quality value of 3 but the same Shooter and Daemonic special rules. Daemonic units are immune to morale tests and can only be killed by a roll of 6 on the melee attack. Their point cost is 40, calculated by multiplying Quality 3 by 10 and adding the point cost of the special rules.

    Necron Warriors: Quality 2, Special Rules: Shooter, Reanimation, Cost: 30pts

    The Necron Warriors are an undead race of robots, with a Quality value of 2 reflecting their lower morale and combat abilities. They have the Shooter special rule, allowing them to fire ranged weapons, and the Reanimation special rule, allowing them to automatically recover from being stunned instead of taking the Recover action. Their point cost is 30, calculated by multiplying Quality 2 by 10 and adding the point cost of the special rules.

[mpoteat]

I have openly used LLMs to build a custom prompt engine that allows me to make systemic refactors across an entire open source codebase of mine (of 250 files) with a bash command, in parallel.

There are big changes on the horizon.