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The Warlord. By jocelin carmes.

After ignoring the elephant in the room for a long time, I finally gave ChatGPT a spin.

And I have to be honest. It wasn't the irrelevant tool I thought would be for my work.

My biggest holdoff was being unable to relate ChatGPT to a real-life usage that would positively impact my workflows.

I don’t intend to write blog posts or introductions like this with AI tools because:

  1. I love writing, and I don’t want to give up that enjoyable experience
  2. I always try to sprinkle my writings with personal experiences that an AI tool can’t replace

But:

Seeing ChatGPT pop up on my feed continuously made me think I might be looking at it with the wrong lens.

And, indeed, I was.

Instead of seeing it as my replacement, I started looking at it as an assistant.

For example:

Whenever I come across a new concept, I could ask ChatGPT to explain it to me with an analogy or real-world examples like this:

This will save me the time and effort of sifting through low-value content on Google Search to get a good understanding.

I could converse with this tool like it’s an expert on this topic and have all of my questions answered in minutes.

I'm still exploring other areas where I can utilise this new technology. but it's a good start already.

What about you?

Have you tried ChatGPT? What are you using it for?

Reply to this email. I'd love to know how you're using AI in your life.

But:

If you're new to this tool, like me, try it out and see if you can find existing tasks that can be made easier with it.

Now:

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Handy Shortcut

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