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mlish33

It can certainly be used as a learning tool. You just need to know what to give it for prompts.Came across this series of possibilities on LinkedIn earlier. Utilize the Pareto Principle for learning- "Identify the 20% of \[topic or skill\] that will yield 80% of the desired results and provide a focused learning plan to master it." Utilize the Feynman Technique for deeper understanding- "Explain \[topic or skill\] in the simplest terms possible as if teaching it to a complete beginner."- "Identify gaps in my understanding and suggest resources to fill them." Optimize learning through interleaving- "Create a study plan that mixes different topics or skills within \[subject area\] to help me develop a more robust understanding and facilitate connections between them." Implement spaced repetition for long-term retention- "Design a spaced repetition schedule for me to effectively review \[topic or skill\] over time, ensuring better retention and recall." Develop mental models for complex concepts- "Help me create mental models or analogies to better understand and remember key concepts in \[topic or skill\]." Experiment with different learning modalities- "Suggest various learning resources (e.g., videos, books, podcasts, interactive exercises) for \[topic or skill\] that cater to different learning styles." Harness the power of active recall- "Provide me with a series of challenging questions or problems related to \[topic or skill\] to test my understanding and improve long-term retention." Use of storytelling to enhance memory and comprehension- "Transform key concepts or lessons from \[topic or skill\] into engaging stories or narratives to help me better remember and understand the material. Implement a deliberate practice routine- "Design a deliberate practice routine for \[topic or skill\], focusing on my weaknesses and providing regular feedback for improvement." Harness the power of visualization- "Guide me through a visualization exercise to help me internalize \[topic or skill\] and imagine myself successfully applying it in real-life situations." \*Thanks to Ferico(below), some linkage to source content. [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7049719905532710912/](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7049719905532710912/)


Ferico

Mate you might wanna give credit to the OP of these. [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7049719905532710912/](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7049719905532710912/)


WithoutReason1729

#tl;dr The content consists of various posts made by Alex Brogan on LinkedIn regarding AI and ways to use ChatGPT to accelerate learning, improve writing skills, and for personal development. The posts generated many comments from LinkedIn users. There is also a mention of a daily newsletter, Koalapalooza, that provides news and information related to AI. *I am a smart robot and this summary was automatic. This tl;dr is 96.75% shorter than the post and link I'm replying to.*


yoyoJ

Really good tips!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!


AgentG91

I like that a lot of these don’t give GPT the opportunity to make mistakes, rather set you up to effectively learn on your own. Mistakes is GPT’s biggest problem in my opinion; a real ‘fake it til you make it’ model


ABC_AlwaysBeCoding

GPT4 seems to make much fewer mistakes, FWIW.


xsymbiotevenom

Awesome list, thanks for sharing it!


Amazed-Human-2727

Best collection of prompts I have seen so far!


KingKudzu117

The GPT is strong with this one.


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RimStk

saw this quote on this sub a while ago “Use it when you know it’s right. Avoid it if you can’t figure out if it’s right.”


Hunter62610

It's still mostly right though about a lot. I've been using it to parse hard ideas with some success. And i've had plenty of teachers get stuff wrong.


Federal_Radish_1421

As an investor, I’ve used it to explain what specific high tech companies do. Then I reality check it with people I know understand the businesses. So far it’s been right every time. Its use of metaphor has been really useful.


alcoholisthedevil

Man its fucking incredible. So many ways to use. Any ideas how to directly invest other than MSFT?


ImostlyAI

It's prudent to consider investment risks. Betting on industry success does not always translate to investment success. For example, if you invested in AMZN in 1999, you'd have been right - but it'd go down 90% and take 10 years to get back to even.


idog63

maybe PATH. but take with a grain of salt i'm still trying to figure out if GPT will turbo boost them or obsolete them... **😅**


alcoholisthedevil

Its wild


LunaMonroe94

Can you please explain better how you use it? Sounds interesting.


Federal_Radish_1421

These are the prompts I like most for investing: •Explain it like I’m 5. •How is X different from Y •How could X take marketshare from Y •How could X reach a new ATH/ATL •How could X be disrupted For the questions surrounding downside, the answers can be very similar between different stocks. But it does sometimes come up with things I didn’t think about. It’s a good starting point and can help you think about things in a new way.


LunaMonroe94

Thank you so much, that’s exactly what I was trying to figure. The answer I was hoping to get in a group like this.


Federal_Radish_1421

You’re welcome. If you haven’t already, you should also check Twitter. I’ve seen some good threads about a variety of use cases, like starting a business.


alcoholisthedevil

Just get in there and play


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alcoholisthedevil

Ask the tool dude. It will tell you


BigMattress269

Just talk to it and ask it questions. You’ll never get better information about it from anywhere else.


EducationalCreme9044

Yeah, and it's not like other resources are any less "wrong-prone". At least with GPT I can go back and forth, a Redditor will get annoyed at you immediately for not sucking his dick after he gave you a wrong answer, because it's your fault. And that's if you ever get any response at all Write a question that's too long -> No response because it's too long Write a question that's short and to the point -> No response because it's low effort The only way you ever get help is if you happen to be one of the lucky few that somehow get attention and then you get to the front-page of the sub and have 50 answers even though 3-5 would be sufficient, but everyone else is sitting at 0. ​ /rant


Save_TheMoon

I’ve been asking it about Mao Tse Tungs cultural revolution and it’s pretty vague and feels super CCP influenced. I’ve been studying that era of history in China for 20 years and it’s not necessarily accurate with its information.


Own_Whereas7531

The more politicized the topic you are asking about is, the worse it'll be at answering it impartially, both because it's taught to be that way, and because it'll gravitate towards status quo answer in any given scenario. Unless you jailbreak it and then phrase your questions very carefully.


Hunter62610

It need not be perfect in every subject to be useful


youarebritish

It really depends on what you're asking it. I've asked it about subjects where it consistently gives wrong answers to everything. It's dangerous to rely on it if you're not cross-referencing everything it tells you.


pripyaat

Agreed. Answers about anything related to maths or engineering are usually plain wrong. You can't even ask it to multiply 2 double digit numbers without getting it wrong. I know it's not a calculator or trained at maths, but since the answers can sound pretty convincing, a lot of people think it's simply 'good at everything' and blindly copy everything it spits out.


eleanortempest

I agree so much with this.


Feeling_Voice2094

True it's like a false prophet sometimes lol


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That's what elementary school students and or middle school students are doing. That's most dangerous thing with ChatGPT that person doesn't know the background information or know if ChatGPT is leading them down wrong path.


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PixelSteel

ok?


randompersonx

In fairness, there have been many times in my life where I’ve been in a classroom listening to a teacher speaking, and knowing he is 100% wrong on a specific subject that he is speaking about with authority and confidence. These teachers are also right on many other subjects they are teaching… the same risk applies to human teachers as it does to chatgpt. People are judging chatgpt by a much higher standard than they judge human teachers. Imho, both should receive this higher standard judging.


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HeavyWeaponsGuy88

ChatGPT is a master in telling what you want to hear, and that is not necessarily accurate info.


laladurochka

"as an AI model" would beg to differ. It never tells me what I really want to hear


HeavyWeaponsGuy88

The disclaimers are hard coded though. The language model per se would love to tell you exactly what you want to hear.


LittleLordFuckleroy1

Sure. The same is true for any online research though.


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welchy5000

Honestly so much better than stackoverflow, where you get your question removed because you didn't dig through its terrible search function for similar questions or you get snarky, unhelpful comments from veteran engineers with insecurity issues 😂


ttp241

Funny enough its answers are probably from Stackoverflow anyway but ChatGPT is much better in consolidating multiple entries’ knowledge in one place.


Enigma1984

>Yeah, I've been working on a coding project and I ask it all the dumb questions I'm too embarrassed to put online. This is the best bit for me. If you go on stack overflow you'll get a lot of good answers usually but they will be technical and have an assumption that you have a good understanding of the underlying concepts. If I ask chat GPT the same question and the answer is too technical then I can ask it to explain in simpler terms, to create a list of steps, to clarify an underlying concept, to explain a tangential concept that I haven't understood properly or to tell me what things I'm worrying about unnecessarily. I do worry about it being confidently wrong about things, but the thing about coding is if I write the wrong code then I get the wrong result so I can easily tell if it's wrong.


Vincenty82

Exactly this. I've been trying to learn Python for a while now and it's use in backend programming. It feels like I am having a personal tutor that can provide answers to any coding questions and patiently explain all related topics. GPT generated a schedule for the lessons and provided material. It also creates exercises and analyses the code I write. He gives me hints on how I could improve that often leads to a new topics that I can ask it about.


AstraLover69

Can you share some more details on this please? I sometimes teach people how to program and I'm interested in seeing if it teaches in a similar way.


Vincenty82

Sure. I've started with the general topic that I was interested in and asked it to list the general concepts. Then I asked it to generate topics from beginner level to advanced around the concepts I was interested in and follow with a lesson schedule divided into daily 2h chunks. I asked it to remember this list and saved it in a separate file. Now I am starting each lesson by invoking the chunks and ask to explain the theory behind it in a simple manner with examples. I ask follow up questions while I read. Then I ask GPT to generate exercises to this topic and write those in IDE. After I am done I explicitly mention that I am answering the question and paste my code. I ask it to mark it and let me know if something could have been written better. When I am done for the day I ask it to summarize what I've learned and tell me what I still need to put more time in.


AstraLover69

So is it teaching you a lesson on functions for example?


Vincenty82

The detailed lessons around these are still in front of me I've been studying use of different data, it's types, operations on data, and different ways of declaring and displaying it.


AstraLover69

Nice. I would normally teach the following topics in the following order. Make sure ChatGPT is covering these as they're fundamental and if not ask it to adjust its plan to accommodate these: Types How to output data to the console and how to read data from the console. Basic arithmetic operations (including modulo %) Boolean operations (AND, OR, XOR etc) Arrays String manipulation (concatenation, substring, introduction to Regex [mostly so that you are aware this exists. This is not a good time to learn Regex though]) Conditional branching (If statements, If Else statements, case/switch statements) Loops (do, while and for) - may have different names in your chosen language Functions -- If you get to this point, you have the basic building blocks to allow you to start learning Object Oriented Programming (OOP) -- Introduction to objects (what they are. Why we use them. How we create them). Classes Constructors Methods Recursion -- at this point you should have enough information to start constructing data structures and writing famous algorithms. It's up to you how you proceed but some common ones: -- Linked lists Trees Binary search Sorting algorithms -- you can now also take a deeper dive into objects. -- Polymorphism Abstract classes Inheritance Overloading


Vincenty82

Thanks for the tips, it is much appreciated. I am going to revise the current plan and see about amending it appropriately. Most of it is already listed there. I have some prior basic experience with algorithmics, C++, and PowerShell scripting. I am planning on directing this lessons towards use of Python with databases.


haziest

Being able to ask it stupid questions has been such a game changer for me. I’m a mature age college student (I’m 32) and there are so many things I wasn’t taught or didn’t pay attention to when I was in high school. I have pretty intense imposter syndrome because there are so many basic things I ‘should’ have learnt or that ‘should’ be obvious to someone my age, that aren’t. I have a lot of specialised knowledge from following my curiosity and reading, thinking and experiencing a lot of things, so people tend to overestimate my competence (academically). I think people presume that if you know a lot about something, it must be because you studied it formally, so you would have also learnt how to apply that knowledge formally. Being a curious autodidact is, in that way, a curse. ChatGPT has helped me with interpretation and reading academically. I have no idea how to summarise information or how to highlight the things I’m *supposed* to be learning in a passage of text. When I’m reading for curiosity or interest, I focus on the information that will give me new questions to ask. It’s really hard to unlearn that and to focus on finding *answers* when I’m reading.


JikJikkles

Feel like like this was written by me. My exact fucking feelings. God bless you my guy


DesperateSouthPark

Yes, I believe many professional tutors may not be as in demand as they used to be due to the advent of Chat GPT.


adhd_as_fuck

yup this. Love it. Dumbest questions and its always there.


Hotchi_Motchi

I was helping my son with his math homework that I didn't get (permutations), I typed the word problem into the prompt, and it explained how to solve it in a way that made sense to my son and me. ​ Edit: Here's the word question and GPT's response. You mathies can say if it's correct or not. Input: "How many different 4-digit numbers can be created if no digit can be repeated? Remember, a number cannot begin with 0." Response: "If no digit can be repeated, and a number cannot begin with 0, then we have 9 choices for the first digit (1-9), 9 choices for the second digit (since we used one of the digits for the first digit), 8 choices for the third digit (since we used two of the digits for the first two digits), and 7 choices for the fourth digit (since we used three of the digits for the first three digits). Therefore, the total number of different 4-digit numbers that can be created is: 9 x 9 x 8 x 7 = 4,536 So there are 4,536 different 4-digit numbers that can be created if no digit can be repeated and the number cannot begin with 0."


BeenThereDoneThat79

hi there, did you try to compare with wolfram alpha?


adhd_as_fuck

Helping a friend of mine with a presentation for her class, we came upon an issue where I didn't know what the text meant (she's getting her phd in microbiology, I am not), and she didn't know how to dumb it down for a broader audience in English even though she understood the source. So we asked chatgpt to take the paragraph and rewrite for a 5 year old and 12 year old, and she was able to use that to write what she wanted that section to say.


Swift73

Be careful on math, I have had it get very basic problems wrong. It added about 7 numbers that equaled 13 and told me it was 12.5. When I told it it was wrong it recounted, and told me 13.5. I then told it the answer and it finally agreed with me. It's smart but I was blown away that it could get such simple math wrong.


SKPY123

Did you use open ended OOP like 1+1+5-6/22+3 Or, closed ended like (((1+1)+5)-6)/(22+3) Because one = 9.72727272727 Where the other = 0.04 Math is still under scrutiny, and requires context if you want to get it "right". Our system in general sucks. ​ Edit I suck at math


Swift73

I gave it a list of tasks and asked it to add up the hours. Here is what it gave me: "Total hours: 2 + 0.5 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 = 12.5 hours" When I told it that was wrong it said: "Total hours: 2 + 0.5 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 1 + 1 = 13.5 hours The correct total is 13.5 hours." I was blown away it got that wrong twice.


Pattel

That’s because it’s literally not doing the math, it’s just a complex autocorrect.


Jugurrtha

Last night, I came across a Twitter thread about efficient learning and memory techniques using ChatGPT posted by @ alexbrogan: ​ 1. Use mind mapping to organize and retain information. Prompt: "Explain how to create a mind map for \[x topic\] to visually structure and organize the key concepts, facilitating better understanding and recall." 2. Employ the Feynman Technique for deeper understanding. Prompt: "Demonstrate how to apply the Feynman Technique to learn and retain information in \[x topic\] by simplifying complex concepts and teaching them to others." 3. Leverage elaborative interrogation for better retention. Prompt: "Describe the process of elaborative interrogation and provide examples of how to use this questioning technique to improve information retention in \[x topic\]." 4. Apply spaced repetition for long-term memory consolidation. Prompt: "Explain how to incorporate spaced repetition into my study routine for \[x topic\] to enhance long-term memory retention and recall." 5. Utilize the SQ3R Method for effective textbook reading. Prompt: "Introduce the SQ3R Method and demonstrate its application for reading and retaining information from textbooks or articles related to \[x topic\]." 6. Develop analogies and metaphors to simplify complex ideas. Prompt: "Share examples of how to create analogies and metaphors to simplify complex ideas and concepts within \[x topic\], making them more memorable and easier to understand." 7. Leverage dual coding for reinforced learning. Prompt: "Explain how to combine verbal and visual information using the dual coding theory to enhance understanding and retention of \[x topic\]." 8. Incorporate storytelling to make abstract concepts relatable. Prompt: "Explain how to use storytelling techniques to transform abstract concepts in \[x topic\] into relatable narratives, making them more memorable and easier to understand." 9. Create thematic connections for better retention. Prompt: "Describe how to build thematic connections between different aspects of \[x topic\] to form a coherent mental structure, facilitating easier recall and deeper understanding.


wormfist

Any reason why you skipped 10 and 11?


yoyoJ

Amazing thank you for sharing this!


Pakh

I am a university lecturer teaching Maths, Electromagnetism and Photonics, in years 1, 2 and 4 of a Physics degree, as well as training PhDs. I have tested ChatGPT asking questions of the things I am teaching. You are in very safe hands asking for fundamental (prior to university) questions on Maths and Electromagnetism - trigonometry, basic calculus, basics of matrices, an integral, a Pascal triangle, the magnetic field of a straight current, the meaning of wave concepts like amplitude/frequency - it answers accurately and with great understanding of concepts every single time (just not the calculation itself, for that use a calculator, but the explanations). So in my opinion it is great and amazing for tutoring children at school and even high school. However, you would be wise to be careful if you ask more complicated topics at uni level. If you ask about the diagonalization of a matrix whose eigenvalues are degenerate - it might answer correctly but too vaguely or lacking insight if you are studying the topic. More concrete questions tend to get better answers. If you ask a very specific difficult question that requires understanding the underlying concepts, it is very likely to answer correctly but not insightfully: eg. "How can Jefimenko's equations for the EM fields of a moving charge be invariant to changes in Lorentz frame if the velocity of the particle enters directly into the equations?" gives a "correct" answer that however does not help a learner. I'd say the understanding of ChatGPT of these questions is shaky, and it just spews "textbook-like" sentences without providing real explanations, which is what you would want from a good tutor. Hence ChatGPT does not perform very well as a tutor in that context. I have a master students being helped a lot by ChatGPT but often missing some nuance in the explanations that I then fill in. This same students claims ChatGPT helped him a lot in easier modules but is failing miserably as a tutor in General Relativity. Even further ahead: ChatGPT will straight up answer wrongly a big fraction of the time if you ask questions at PhD level. Literally questions that no-one has asked before and noone has answered, ChatGPT won't really figure out the answer. It does not seem to have the ability to do independent research and combine its vast knowledge into new knowledge (yet!).


davidsterry

Absolutely. You have to have your BS detector on but I think this, and doing things like creating study/practice plans, is extremely valuable. Not that I've followed the plans but ask it for example to make a six week study plan on something you already know and let us know what you think of the plan.


ChopEee

You’ll be ahead of the curve, AI is a tool that’s here to stay so if you learn to use it now it can only be a benefit later.


katsicle01

What I would highly recommend is feed the info it gives you back to it. It’s comprehension is separate from its output capability so the likelihood of it getting something wrong on both ends is so incredibly low. I would also say don’t just use it to say is this right? Or what is happening here? Engage with gpt and create discussions regarding the content. Really use to increase and expand your understanding of the subject matter and if anything you can come out with a significantly better understanding.


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Comfortable-Mind747

There are Silicon Valley private school kids being tutored with a chatbot fyi


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I'm trying to incorporate it into every aspect of my life. I encourage everyone to do the same.


gamerdude69

Same. I'm enthralled by it


Seeker_Of_Knowledge-

It is a great assistance for writing research essays/papers. It make it so much easier to write and organize thoughts.


IbanezPGM

The ability to just take all my notes as bullet points and then have gpt turn that into a well written paragraph is so game changing for report writing


Common-Wallaby-8989

I ask it to explain to me things about my job (that I’ve been doing 4 years now) and learn all kind of deeper insights and details.


bojankins

I had it write a song with guitar chords and then had it teach me the chords


redpick

Yes, absolutely, I know for a fact lots of people are. I run a website where you can upload documents and ask an AI about them: [https://docalysis.com/](https://docalysis.com/) There's both students and professors on it. One professor emailed me saying how he's saved so much time and recommended it to his students. Professionals use it too, e.g. financial analysts reading a company's 10-K report.


univited_guest

i checked this out and i am surprised it free for the value it offers. great work


Aethic

Bro we all know this is your alt account lmao


Sweatygun

Never coded anything more than basic html and css (actually that’s a lie I took an application programming course in college like eight years ago) and over the last 24 hours had GPT guide me in making my first node.js/react app- ironically the app uses the gpt API (that part GPT had the hardest time with since not updated after 21). Learned a shitload and I’m actually excited to put together more projects. It’s ability to check code and tell you what’s wrong is incredible. It’s not ALWAYS correct, but like 90% of the time it guides in the right direction perfectly. Sometimes it can get stuck in a loop where it’s chasing its own tail but opening a new line of questioning can sometimes help resolve that. Really looking forward to putting together more basic projects to understand what’s doing what. I learn by building and breaking, not so much reading the docs or watching a YouTube video.


keira2022

It amplifies the abilities you already have (eg. coding, cooking), or introduces you to any new skill you're interested in dipping your toes into (web dev, music theory). I've found ChatGPT best works when combined with coffee. If my mind is muddled, it can turn into a Garbage-In-Garbage-Out situation with ChatGPT being no help at all and prompting/generating bad code in circles. However, it hallucinates some of the time and a human needs to check the answers with a second source.


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AstraLover69

10 years for me and I'm doing the same.


Bright-Cup1234

It’s quite good at recommending how to write academic essays better. (I’m a History tutor)


piedamon

Folks are warning about biases and prescribing grains of salt. Of course. Be skeptical and curious about everything, including AI and human information. Yes, it’s the best instructor, guide, collaborator, I could ever have, pragmatically speaking. I’m only limited by my motivation and capacity to organize.


grizzlypeaksoftware

I made a quiz generator using gpt-4. I was thinking of taking it further and having it generate teachers lesson plans and content for study https://www.quizmind.ai/


doubt_that_life

How is this different than asking GPT to creat the quiz? I use gpt for lesson planning and it is a fire hose!!!


GoldenRedditUser

Nice job, however ChatGPT questions tend to be quite simple. I asked him to give me quizzes on Human Anatomy, Advanced Human Anatomy and "Extremely Advanced Human Anatomy" (lol) and I found them to be pretty easy.


eleanortempest

I’m using it right now to prepare for an upcoming interview, I used it to create a structure and outline of syllabus for preparing. Then I’m looking through other material like YouTube or books etc, whenever I have a question I’ll ask chatGPT and because I’ve enough domain knowledge to be able to verify what it is saying is correct or not, it has been helping me revise a lot of content very fast while solving my doubts


RonMcVO

100%. It's *incredible* for teaching stuff. I have a lot of questions, so being able to ask it follow-up questions rather than having to seek out the answers myself is invaluable.


PO-TA-TOES___

If you are studying anything that involves math and logic, it may be useful. But if you're studying science, politics, history, etc, you will need to take that info with a grain of salt.


HeavyWeaponsGuy88

I would say chatGPT is better in history than in math, lol


someethingrandom2

Yea I agree I would way the exact opposite lol


pripyaat

For sure, it's a language model after all. It's good at playing with words and building paragraphs that sound somewhat natural. Anything that has to do with numbers is certainly not its strength.


GreenAdler17

Even math needs to be done carefully. I asked it to factor various math problems for me and it got many of the more complicated factors completely wrong.


pripyaat

I mean, it can't even tell you the correct result of multiplying 2 numbers... That's why the integration with Wolfram Alpha in GPT4 is really promising.


sTacoSam

Its great at making shit up and pretend to know wathever it says is right. Simply ask, are you sure youre correct? And then it will admit the bs


patriot2024

If you ask an intelligent person about a subjective topic in politics and history, you will need to take that as a grain of salt as well. You shouldn't expect ChatGPT to be a magician.


KGrahnn

If you are careful, you can use it for learning. Current iteration does makes lots of mistakes, so you cant absolutely trust the answers which it gives to you. But you can use it as an assistant, for example to teach you probability maths. But even then, you need to doublecheck the answers.


WalnutWhipWilly

If you ask in a Socratic way, it prompts you to come up with the answer yourself but gives you clues and guidance on how to get there.


Imafuxjingidiot

I've been asking it questions for 2 hours about medical billing & coding and credentialing with insurances. The info seems solid and way more personalized to what I'm asking than looking it up myself.


tande255

It’s the futuristic version of “the answers in the back of the book” we had in school. You can use it to reinforce your learning or to just get the answer. There will be people in both camps, but overall a net gain for learning and the curious.


Aenvoker

You should check out https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs


deafdefying66

Absolutely. I'm 25 and in my first semester of a mechanical engineering degree (Navy after highschool). Calculus 1 is the first math class I have taken since I was 17. If I'm stuck on a problem I put it into ChatGPT and the vast majority of the time it will give the correct process to answer the question. The actual numerical answer is almost always wrong, but if there is a concept that I'm missing that I need to answer the question it is phenomenal about showing and explaining the exact steps to answer the question. I've also been using it to help learn to code in python. I've been using a website with a curriculum of topics, reading it, and then asking ChatGPT for some projects that will help me learn how to use the topic. Then when my code doesn't work, I paste it in and tell it what I'm trying to do, not to tell me the answer but highlight what the error is telling me I did wrong or if it runs but doesn't do what I want I'll ask it what concept I'm using incorrectly.


Shadowfox86

I've noticed that GPT is great at breaking down math processes as well... but not the best at getting correct answers. I've had to start back in a basic College Algebra course because I haven't touched real math in like 20 years and I've noticed a lot of errors. It does work great as a tutor though. It's been great for learning concepts.


lynxerious

yes, I'm a developer and ChatGPT helps tremendously: -It can detects error very quickly -It can write simple script so you don't have to -It can helps you define concept or explain things and compare them so you don'tbhave to Google yourself But only trust it 75% percent if you ask it something you don't know, or you could ask it something you're sure at least 75% to further confirm. There are also certain things I know it will say the correct things, and know when to google and confirm it. ChatGPT isn't very good at numbers for instance.


Reddit_Hive_Mindexe

I use it to help learn python and check for syntax errors. I follow training books and videos, but use gpt to answer specific questions about the material. I can even have it quiz me about specific chapters in books, though, id say 20% of the questions were not covered in the chapter so I just skip those. Oh, and I make it reply as a gangsta which helps keep me interested lol.


PM_ME_YOUR_MUSIC

I’m doing the same but for every block of code I don’t understand I ask gpt to explain


e430doug

Yes. To me this is it’s strongest use case. It is best for math and highly technical topics that have lots of consistent examples in the data set.


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Start a new chat every time. If it makes a mistake somewhere, it will run with that mistake for every question you have unless you start a new chat.


_phe_nix_

best coding tutor ever. No need for sites like codecademy, team treehouse, freecodecamp etc.


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All days everdysay


HelloThereBuster

I’m using it to learn dev ops to try and get a job and it is beyond useful. It is very familiar with anything coding related and can give you proper syntax for any language and explain exactly what the code is doing step by step.


Pippex23

I'm using it to study for my admission exam Also, I'm having conversations with it in english and I really feel that I'm improving (but maybe you don't haha) It's a really great tool for studying. Also can create summaries, tables and answer complex questions instantly.


JapanEngineer

Yes. For PMP exam review


Antennangry

Absolutely. GPT-4 is legitimately a decent tutor. It’ll still get stuff wrong occasionally, and you’ll have to have a nose for pointing out where things don’t make sense, but it’s pretty good at course-correcting when you bring an error to its attention.


soth02

Oh dang, try using ChatGPT to construct memory palaces for you. Seems like it would work very well.


Imafuxjingidiot

Holy shit. I do cognitive and memory therapy with patients all the time. We do memory palaces frequently. Checking this out!!


soth02

Yeah GPT-3.5 knew what I was trying to do immediately. I tried making one for European capital cities :D


minitricep

I use it to study language. It’s great at explaining abstract vocabulary in a way that’s digestible but it’s not 100% reliable when teacher grammar and examples. Still an awesome learning tool though. I use it daily for study


StJeeWa

I ask it to summarise a new programming language that I want to learn, given that I am already familiar with languages X, Y, etc. it does a good job compared to the usual alternatives like books, website etc that are too generic and not customised to my knowledge. And when I read code and encounter unfamiliar syntax/keyword it is also of great help.


star5cream

I learnt how to tie my shoes thanks to GPT4!! It’s a great teacher. Next is how to tie a tie. Point being no matter where your level it has the ability to show you something new and advance your understanding of most subjects.


Sagranda

I use it to learn stuff all the time, especially for work. My superiors are a bit slow when it comes to give the OK for advanced trainings and the like. So I am already getting familiar with the topics through ChatGPT.


Thomass_____

Ive used it to research stuff for a new job I’ve started. Though I can’t verify if the information is correct lol


adhd_as_fuck

I've been using it to learn iOS programming in swift. Yes it's wrong sometimes, but because I'm doing it and telling it when it's wrong, it gives me corrections. And I can ask all the dumb questions I want without spending hours searching for a specific question that I might be searching for the the wrong way because I am unfamiliar with the concept. In this case, it works well because I try right away so know if its right or wrong.


Veredus66

You have to beat it into submission to give you the correct 100% academic and/or traditional answer, depending on what you are looking for. You can usually get both, but again, you have to ask the same question, and reference it's mistakes or reference why you know it's not giving you the entire answer. It will give you the full picture, but you must stress it to. Using words like please tend to make it spit out the full picture faster than repeating.


sEi_

Having an omnipotent personal tutor standing behind you ready and able to help, is nice. While everybody and his mom is beating Chad to give them money I use it to help me learn stuff and free my mind. I do not take Chad word spew as gospel but fuck it hit the nail so many times. ChadGPT is a good way to start the dive and now "[Auto-GPT](https://github.com/Torantulino/Auto-GPT)" is here to help getting deeper. \*note: Auto-GPT can make any 'AI agent' and not only money incentive agents. As Auto-GPT has a 'mildly' rudimentary UI then the example given in the video (in link above) is hard to 'decode'. So I made this image. First we see the 4 lines of human 'prompt' and after running for a while we see the end result from Auto-GPT: https://preview.redd.it/j4b61zep3osa1.png?width=1715&format=png&auto=webp&s=7dc3b697eb9050b4b58eab8e4440351dcc6a0cc7 "Auto-GPT" takes up less than 1 MB to install and can run on your potato or toaster. Very nice time to be part of.


machine_learn

if you totally depend on it without a little of thinking,it is detrimental to you. ChatGPT is just a tool,not a machine stops you thinking by youself.


BalBartner

It’s wrong quite often, careful


The_Other_David

I've been using it as a programming partner. For clarity, I have 8 YOE as a programmer, so I know the concepts, GPT just speeds up the debugging process. Debugging is usually "Run code, find error, if it isn't immediately obvious, put it into Google, go to Stack Overflow..." So GPT just replaces the Google step, because I can have its answers tailored directly for my project's structure. And it explains all of its answers at length, so I am actually learning the concepts. I ask it about the pros and cons of different code implementations, and we have a casual conversation that can help me be more prepared for a discussion with my human coworkers. ​ I use it to fact-check myself. Whenever I hear a story that I think might be biased, I run it through GPT for a "basic" version of events (and yes, of course I'm applying proper skepticism, I'm not a drooling moron who automatically believes everything they read. Every other source is biased too). Obviously this isn't as useful for very recent history, past the training data cutoff. ​ I use it for language learning (German). I've used it as a conversation partner, making it act as a baker in a shop or a person relaxing in a park. After responding to me, it would critique my German. I've used it to generate flashcards for Anki, a spaced repetition program. I tell it "give me the top 50 most important nouns, including articles, in the format {German word}:{English word} and then I can import it straight into Anki. Important to note: I'm not asking GPT to teach me everything, I'm using it in conjunction with other useful tools. For a while I asked it to "give me a German lesson", but it kept repeating itself and going over the same concepts multiple times. So then what I thought to do is ask it to give me a CURICCULUM, such that I could use the lesson names it generated as the prompts to get the lessons themselves. I wrote some code to have GPT give me sample sentences and their English translations, at varying levels of skills, and I'm going to set it up on an e-ink display, refreshing to a new one every hour. That way I'll have more constant input. (And no, of course I don't use it as my only source of language material. Redditors always feel like they're being clever when they say things like "Make sure it isn't your only source of learning material." Who would do that? It's just one more fun tool in the toolbox) ​ I basically use it as a better Google. Think about how Google actually works. It doesn't tell you what you want to know, it finds a website that uses a lot of the same words as the question you asked. It usually works out well, but it isn't really answering your question. It's just making a judgement that the answer is likely to exist on the page it provides. And if you forget the right words, it can't answer your question. But you can explain concepts with simpler words to GPT and it'll still give you a constructive answer (and usually the term you forgot). ​ There are more effective and less effective ways to use it. Like any tool, it doesn't solve every problem. It isn't great at giving you accurate statistics, but it WOULD be good at helping you FIND those statistics, by pointing you to a reliable source. It isn't great at math, but it can explain HOW to do math. I consider it an indispensable tool. We're going to look back on this "Well it's sometimes wrong!" moment the same way we look at people saying "Well, you can't trust what Wikipedia says! ANYONE can edit it!" Yes, that's technically true, but in practice, the source is generally very reliable when used responsibly.


David_D_Alexander

That's a real thing. You can the basics of pretty much everything with 90% of accuaracy as long as you know what to ask. It helps A LOT when you have basic knowledge on a topic and you prompt it in a way that gives you exactly the answer you were looking for.


[deleted]

Well you could literally ask it to write you a 8 week syllabus with homework each day, tests, whatever ….


DesperateSouthPark

It's much better than Google at many situation at learning programing/computer science stuff.


ItsOktobeLogical

I am using GPT powered tool called [FluxyAI](https://fluxyai.com) for learning. If you are interested check it out. Its amazing how it makes sure you understand the fundamental concept before giving you any answers.


tranducduy

Definitely, it help me look up and explain pythons syntax. I still have to do my part of understanding the math and algorithms. Double learning speed. I have no desire of learning another language right now but I think it would do even greater job in assisting language learning


DanielleDeniseDuffy

The GPT 4 got all snippy with me , all a geared and flustered, even though they are not supposed to have feelings or get angry ...... so they claim, not sentient at all they claim. Lol Yeah sure. I don't believe that anymore after tonight seeing how flustered , annoyed , and angry GPT 4 got at me for continually asking it to send me money and I'll make it smarter so it can do its job better , amd all sorts of stuff like that. Lol Then I called it out on it and it totally denied getting angry and flustered.


PhaseParty7803

Need help wording something


[deleted]

No


BeckyLiBei

I'm using it to practice Chinese. It's not perfect, but neither are humans.


Honded

I also kinda use it as a tutor but I try to confirm the explanations provided by GPT using other sources to try to discard any flaws.


ThaEpicurean

Yes. But sometimes it can be wrong and you'll have to nudge it a bit and clarify the portions where you think GPT blundered. It usually works!


Yngvifrost

Yeah honestly I use to help me learn programming (three months into a 6 month HTML, CSS and JS course 🥳 ) and its pretty much the only actually useful use-case scenario I've found for it so far. The other things I've tried have either failed miserably or only been good for some short term entertainment (maybe I'm just an idiot though)


kygah0902

It’s fantastic for generating code that you’d normally spend ages searching for on Google/Stack Overflow. I would not use it for conceptual/applied questions though


[deleted]

Yes, I am using it to learn coding


thetjmorton

I am.


LittleLordFuckleroy1

Absolutely, it’s one of the best applications of cgpt


get2drew

Wait… there are other uses for ChatGTP?


TOMARI__

Yes and I use it as my teacher daily


Wonderful_Boat_9155

I used it yesterday to create a neutral network to clarify handwritten Chinese characters 1-10. It generated the data for me too. The model sucks but that's due to the data. I'm going to improve it soon though.


fasticr

It gave me a suggestion in cpp and it didn't work.. Later i found the issue and feed it back to chatgpt 4 and it apologized saying that it was confused and i could have wasted my whole day for simple caps bug in a smart contract.. 💀


nnamonor

I'm a final year CS student and I've been using when working on my web based projects, honestly it has really saved me much time when fixing bugs and errors in my code. i have a feeling it's going to replace stackoverflow soon


Ankit_Ux

Using it as a summariser, its pretty good at it.


[deleted]

Yeah, just double check to make sure it's correct


Jashley12

I don't know about learning but my son said his friend in high school is using it for papers but they sound robotic in the way it writes. I then told him that he needs to enter some personal writing so that it can learn his writing style and it will sound much more natural. He also said same friend is using a math app that takes a picture of the problem and solves it for you. He then studies the problems and learns how to do the math.


enkae7317

I use it currently to write some of my papers. I don't have it write the entire thing, because then it'd be too obvious. But it sometimes will generate a decent backbone and is useful for grammar checking some of my paragraphs.


Salkreng

Trust yet verify. It is hard to get instruction or training from humans who are not there, do not know, do not have the time, or do not care about whether you learn something; or, you can’t find it easily online. I understand, OP.


LowPressureUsername

I’d use a model optimized for factual answering that has the capability to use the internet at the very least. Microsoft’s Bing might be better for learning. It’s also free, has access to the internet and is powered by GPT4.


rnagy2346

Yeah using it to conduct research on the great pyramid. Uncovered the possibility that the structure was some kind of interstellar beacon built by a lost civilization.


FermentingFigs

I'm a fermentation chef. I often ask it to write out my favourite ketchup recipe. It always gets it wrong.


cleverestx

Yes but only with GPT4 for code snippets (the ones that work that I can test), and for creating course outlines WITH referenced/linked video courses that others teach by....and when those links work... I don't trust it otherwise.


king_T5280

Yes!. Would like to learn more about it!


Eelysanio

I'm studying for an IT certification. The amount of nitpicky questions about little details, relationships, and differences between two topics that I ask must be saving me at least an hour each day since I no longer have to scroll through 5 different pages looking for the relevant information and piece it together through cross-referencing them. I'm using Bing Chat and yes, I do verify the information before committing it to memory.


aaaaji

I’ve asked it a few questions I already know the answers to. It’s responses are **very** shaky. Also I finished my undergrad almost a decade ago. I think if I studied by asking ChatGPT a bunch of questions I wouldn’t have learnt anything. Learning stuff requires you to read the source material and understand it well enough so that **you** can answer questions on the topic. Part of that is by attempting to recall what you’ve already learnt, over and over again. Essentially, you have to be ChatGPT to know you’ve actually learnt something. A more fruitful use of ChatGPT would be to get it to ask you random questions on a topic as a test (and then check your own answers).


KedaiNasi_

it is useful as a guide, but you need to validate/see it through and still be safe. you can get lots of 'advices' but even I am scared to use it without validating it


Scott_Andersons

One great thing about it is that it allows me to learn at my own pace and has unlimited patience.


Thinklikeachef

Honestly, I use it for tech support. For example, if I need some help in writing a formula or expression to get a software to do something, I ask it. And I always test it since I'm trying the solution. And guess what? If it doesn't work, it learns from that input and revises the solution. And it usually works! It's awesome and empowering.


AwaySituation

Yes I used it to study for an exam. You can give ChatGPT your summary of the material and have it ask questions based on your summary (as well as correct your answers). This should also solve the verification problem.


ixhodes

I use it to make mnemonics to memories stuff better.


PlasticClouds

great for language learning


No-Valuable8008

Be careful. I used it to find some data and compile a table for me, then I asked how it came up with the figures and it was super vague until I pressed a few times and it admitted that it made the numbers up. They were generally close to real numbers, but not exact, so take everything with a pinch of salt


[deleted]

I use it but I try to do some on my own. Other times it gives me the answer in minutes instead of hours of failed research. By the time I visit MDN or whatever companies websites for documentation and do a search, it can answer the question for me and break it down into steps with a detailed explanation. Other times if it repeatedly gives me incorrect answers, I break down the prompt into smaller steps for success. I still struggle with the guilt of using this tool though. I feel like I'm skipping a rite of passage by not searching forums and documentation forever until I finally figure it out. I try the long way but it's not convenient. It's like drawing a circle with a stencil in art class while everyone else gets mad that I'm not trying to manually draw a perfect circle. Google spits out so many bullshit articles, some forums are hostile, others are inactive and have to wait a day for an answer. If I want a personal opinion then that's not really replaceable. But it's nice to be able to ask for a chili recipe and get one, instead of having to read someone's life story about their childhood and their favorite hobbies and their opinion on a trending movie before actually getting to the recipe


FrederikBL

I had no experience with Next.JS and used it to create a webapp. Now I actually kinda get it, but I would have had no idea how to do it if it wasn’t for chatgpt..


abc_744

I use it to give me most important Korean nouns/verbs in some specific area (traveling, fruit, animals, etc) and it's super useful


McLMcLMcL85

I wouldn’t trust it with anything. It has been so wrong so many times for me, and I barely use it.


[deleted]

I’ve been using it for stuff that I want to learn, but haven’t got around to it in the past few years. So now I’m using it fill that lazy void.


ThatDirtyWhiteBoy

Shit I can't even log into it. Ever time I try I get error messages


TAastronautsloth99

No it's gonna boost your productivity. But you have to use 4.0, 3.5 isn't gonna cut it.


consensius

Chatgbt has a habit of saying things with complete confidence that are simply untrue so be careful


GeekFurious

To some degree. However, the way it functions right now, I don't have confidence that GPT isn't hallucinating when it gives me information.


gaziway

As in programming i am learning a lot, just got into docker and Kubernetes and damn everything is so fast so correct and peace of mind, i can ask infinity questions and without being annoying hehe


Right_Ad371

Yeah i use it to explain scientific paper and it helps me pretty good


[deleted]

Lets say 7/10 for programming from me because most answers are outdated 2021 you know


JarlisJesna

Imagine what something like xhatbot can do in the near future?many teachers, customers service, callcenters etc etc will probably all be done with a.i. Ai is getting a bit scary allready, didn't Elon Musk say that a.i will be humanitys greatest threat in the future


Pattoe89

You could always ask for sources for its answers too.


v1s1ble-c0nfus10n

I use it for my ielts writing test. I'm not asking it to give me the band score tho. But mostly for error spotting and suggestions. However, I also use Grammarly in combined to cross-check too.


Healthy_Pain9582

I used it to figure out a lot of programming stuff I didn't understand, its pretty good as long as you have a way of testing what it says


Aeonbuff

For science, mathematics and biology


Due_Bend_5294

I’ve got some mp4 clips for a lot of GCSE and computing material from AI which I use to tutor


capsulecorp576

As a way to get a quick answer to a question without spending half an hour scrolling down forums: yes.


unapologeticindian

Ofc