What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work?
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What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work?
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#2It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time
I'm curious how do you write?
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#3It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
Sometimes I copy and paste so maybe that counts as something different
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#4It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
I think in an "idea" space, which then I transcribe into words.
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#6It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
I don't re-read the whole sentence before every word I type, contrary to transformers. Also, I can go back and correct my mistakes.
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#7It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
Premise, outline, augmentation.
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#8It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
I don't re-read the whole sentence before every word I type, contrary to transformers. Also, I can go back and correct my mistakes.
> I don't re-read the whole sentence before every word I type
Maybe you don't do it consciously, but your brain is quite aware of every word you typed before the word you're typing.
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#9It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time I'm curious how do you write?
I have an idea or concept first, then I translate that into analogies/stories, then I put those down as sentences/paragraphs, then I wordsmith to make it flow better.
At no point am I in a mode where I say a word and think "What's most likely to come next?". The concept/idea comes first. Likely I will try different angles until I find what lands with the audience.
ChatGPT works more like a stereotypical extrovert: It doesn't think then output, it uses output to think. Which can be a fine mode for humans too. Sometimes, when you don't know what you're trying to say yet or when you need to verbalize what your gut is thinking.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't re-read the whole sentence before every word I type, contrary to transformers. Also, I can go back and correct my mistakes.
> I don't re-read the whole sentence before every word I type Maybe you don't do it consciously, but your brain is quite aware of every word you typed before the word you're typing.
My brain knows where it's going to go by the end of the sentence as well, it's conceptualized the whole sentence and my hands are on the road to completing the sentence, I'm not only aware of what I've written so far.