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How much is it actually using the PDF and how much is just normal Chat GPT knowledge? I uploaded a KJV bible and it seems to be doing pretty good with theological issues, like it knows salvation is by grace through faith alone which is my litmus test for any theological program. However, it seems to be just as honed in as Chat GPT is without even uploading a PDF.

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post #3

How much is it actually using the PDF and how much is just normal Chat GPT knowledge? I uploaded a KJV bible and it seems to be doing pretty good with theological issues, like it knows salvation is by grace through faith alone which is my litmus test for any theological program. However, it seems to be just as honed in as Chat GPT is without even uploading a PDF.

I uploaded a 60-page PDF and asked it to summarize specific sections by calling out the section name, and it did a rather good job there.

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How much is it actually using the PDF and how much is just normal Chat GPT knowledge? I uploaded a KJV bible and it seems to be doing pretty good with theological issues, like it knows salvation is by grace through faith alone which is my litmus test for any theological program. However, it seems to be just as honed in as Chat GPT is without even uploading a PDF.

It's clear that ChatGPT is used as the foundation model and that Chat PDF did some prompt engineering to make it focus on the contents of the PDF primarily. I uploaded a government form for family expense reimbursement, and then asked Chat PDF what the capital of France was. Its answer: "I'm sorry, but the answer to your question is not relevant to the content of this PDF file. However, the capital of France is Paris."

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post #3

How much is it actually using the PDF and how much is just normal Chat GPT knowledge? I uploaded a KJV bible and it seems to be doing pretty good with theological issues, like it knows salvation is by grace through faith alone which is my litmus test for any theological program. However, it seems to be just as honed in as Chat GPT is without even uploading a PDF.

Rejoice!

I went with a paper[^1] from the other camp, and although it did a good job of summarizing it, it was not good at answering specific questions, e.g. the type of proteins that were common in Asgard archea and eukariotes.

But to me, a tool like this has to be one of the coolest applications of ChatGPT.

[^1]: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.04.429862v1....

Re: ChatPDF – Chat with Any PDF

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Great, but I would have to run this in >my< private cloud. no way any business is going to upload its docs into a third-party cloud, no matter what the small print says.

I also will not upload a proprietary document to this service. But mine and many other organizations do upload proprietary documents into third-party clouds (e.g., Azure, Google).
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