THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD, OR NOT?

What are the ten most obvious things you’ve learnt about ChatGPT? Here are mine:

It doesn’t have a brain.

If you don’t use yours, it could get you into a lot of trouble.

It can’t count.

It wastes no time.

That last point possibly being the reason why it often gets things wrong.

It creates nothing that wasn’t there before.

It you ask it to do background research on the management behind a potential new client, it’s likely to get it all wrong (as it did for me, three times in the space of 15 minutes).

It’s like having a one thousand mile an hour brainstorming session that eliminates a lot of bad ideas floating around.

It is extremely useful on occasions, and can be even more useful when you learn more about its scope, and its limitations.

By the time you finish reading this, somebody will be defending it, like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Tony Lewis