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by simonw 853 days ago
Try "How many hours ago was June 1st 1972? Use Python"

https://chat.openai.com/share/d5264b01-3be5-4d59-b175-34ad90...

"June 1st, 1972 was approximately 453,304 hours ago."

Code it generated and ran:

    from datetime import datetime

    # Current date and time
    now = datetime.now()

    # Date and time for June 1st, 1972
    then = datetime(1972, 6, 1)

    # Calculate the difference in hours

    difference = (now - then).total_seconds() / 3600
This illustrates my biggest complaint about ChatGPT right now: the amount of knowledge and experience you need to have to use it really effectively is extremely deep.

How are regular users meant to know that they should hint it to use Code Interpreter mode for a question like this?

1 comments

You're 100% right, I use it daily like I said and I really have NO idea what all the other options are. I tested a plugin or two and it caused problems with something so I disabled it.

I need to dig more into how much more I can do.