[jstarfish]

> Early on, I had all sorts of ridiculous conversations just to see what would happen. [...] That transition points to this being the opposite of a toy - after the fun dies down, the real work begins.

The "intelligence" behind it is too unpredictable to be reliable for work, and using it for fun is about as amusing as emailing HR.

[haswell]

> The "intelligence" behind it is too unpredictable to be reliable for work

This highly depends on the kind of work you’re doing. It’s great as a starting point for exploratory learning, helpful for some coding tasks, and useful for summarizing text.

As I work on a writing project that benefits from all of these use cases, it’s a good tool.

Not so great if you’re trying to write legal briefs.

> using it for fun is about as amusing as emailing HR

All due respect, but you’re either doing it wrong, or you’ve encountered some hilarious HR departments.

[throwuwu]

Ask it to speak in cockney as an 18th century barker trying to convince you to buy a lame horse or to continue the conversation in brolish as though you were two surfer dudes sitting on the beach and then just ask it anything you want like “explain modern monetary theory”. If you enjoy fiction then get it to help world build a new setting and then act out a scene with you playing one character and it playing the rest.

To get it to stay in character use the custom instructions feature to set the requirements.