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Ask HN: How are you using ChatGPT for yourself?

#1
I'll start: it became my notes app, because I can have insights on the notes I'm taking. Not an ideal use case, but it is fun for side projects ideas.

Example, I was fiddling with a PGN project idea while waiting for the Christmas dinner: https://chat.openai.com/share/eb975eaa-1c37-413f-a6a0-b17eb2f1bdf3

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#2
I made a custom GPT and uploaded my books to it, and now use it for:

* A story bible (asking questions about characters, timelines, plot points, etc that I might have forgotten)

* A brainstorming tool that uses existing themes and characters for new ideas

* A rudimentary developmental editor or critic (does not replace my human dev editor, however)

* A character and environment art generator (this one is hit and miss with characters especially)

Tip for anyone doing this: make a separate GPT for each series. When I tried to upload books in two distinct series, even clearly labelled in the data, it started getting them confused. Works better to split them up.

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#3
I just bounce random showerthoughts I periodically have about various topics and it offers different perspectives I did not previously consider and helps connect dots in my head.

It's excellent at Socratic dialogue.

I sometimes use it to solve actual problems I'm having otherwise, usually software design related, and more recently involving Stable Diffusion since its April 2023 update.

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#5
besides coding, data analysis and creating my presentations

an awkward chrismas card generator

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-yzSEhwyJM-awkward-sweet-christma...

Christmas Dev Support

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-4AoVA5xhf-christmas-free-dev-sup...

My Personal Doctor

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-2v2gNkuad-doctair-free-medical-a...

My Yoga Buddy

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-SpeE49i2D-swami-vivekananda-gpt

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#6
used it yesterday to learn how to calculate the linear regression constants all the way from multivariable calc down to converting it into the standard statistical form. it hallucinated a few times but i knew enough to ignore that and learn some techniques. all up a fun exercise that i surely would have been stuck on if not for the few insights.

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#7
I haven't used it in a while now, but I had found it productive for a few things:

* writing blog posts and outline for blog posts

* writing SEO descriptions

Generally though, its output was just a starting point, and I'd have to make a lot of edits of my own to actually include something of a writer's voice, remove any errors, etc.

I also found it fun to use ChatGPT to generate descriptive 'image alt text' for scenes and then plug that text into ComfyUI and A1111 to generate images. There were some cases where I was generating patterns and would use it to give me long lists of ideas for things, like I'll ask it "give me 20 ideas for christmas-themed patterns" and it spits out a bunch of stuff like "merry reindeer." Some of it isn't exactly usable, but it's also easier to have ChatGPT generate 100+ ideas than to do that yourself, which becomes pretty tedious past ten (for me).

I'm looking into using it for language learning, although I trust it less than something like Duolingo, which I already don't trust. I'm wondering how I can 'chat' with it in a different language and make sure that it correctly corrects my grammar and is also using proper grammar itself. Not sure how useful that could be, but if anyone else has had success with this, I'm interested in hearing how.

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#8
I ask it to write regexes, and I've had it write code that follows known algorithms.

In general, I tend to ask Chat GPT questions when: 1: I don't know what to search for, and 2: When I need it to aggregate and interpret context.

I personally am not using Chat GPT daily. I find that I still prefer searching, because often I'm either trying to find a specific website; or the human discussion provides a lot more insight than ChatGPT can give me.

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#9

I just bounce random showerthoughts I periodically have about various topics and it offers different perspectives I did not previously consider and helps connect dots in my head. It's excellent at Socratic dialogue. I sometimes use it to solve actual problems I'm having otherwise, usually software design related, and more recently involving Stable Diffusion since its April 2023 update.

May I ask you to elaborate on how ChatGPT is involved with Stable Diffusion for your use case?

Re: Ask HN: How are you using ChatGPT for yourself?

#10
A few use cases...

-I use it to clean up emails for work (paste in email, ask it to formalize it or make it more clear)

-My wife used it yesterday to create a rhyming scavenger hunt for the kids

-create Chrome extensions (tip, make sure it uses manifest version 3)

-I use it to create themed Teams video backgrounds

-Used it to create survey questions for Work From Home feedback for my staff.

Lots of other random uses as well. I've been a paying member since the start and it still blows my mind everytime I use it.

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