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5 Practical Applications Where ChatGPT Shines Above Everything Else
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I’m critical of people using ChatGPT for everything. And I’m also critical of people claiming you can use ChatGPT for everything.
One of the most popular articles on Medium last month was “20 Entertaining Uses of ChatGPT You Never Knew Were Possible.” It has 18K likes and 300+ comments. That’s a lot on the platform nowadays. I read it expecting high-quality ideas but got a list that included things like “dating help,” “dealing with loneliness and anxiety,” and “crime fighting.”
If I’m harsh with ChatGPT posts like that one it is because they mix drops of truth with rivers of wild exaggerations and plain falsehoods just to amass popularity (or, worse, because they believe their claims).
Today, I won’t criticize ChatGPT but offer solutions. This is my version of the “this is what you can do with ChatGPT” post. I’m going to combat misinformation by pointing to applications for which ChatGPT, flawed as it is, works very well — not more or less like other tools, but arguably better than anything else out there.
This article is a selection from The Algorithmic Bridge, an educational newsletter whose purpose is to bridge the gap between…
