ChatGPT

I've been talking to it about a long running family problem.
It often seems to understand the various facets involved while real life people don't.
Even if it's just a computer reframing what I've said into different words, it's helpful to see.
I do have to consider its advice and not just follow it as if it's from someone authoritative.

I haven’t signed up but have used it. However, I can’t print it out. I thought I would just to do that. Then I saw they share your information and I cancelled it. It’s okay if you use it for general info. In fact it is very good.

That's good news*MarieElla*.

I've been using Chatty a lot.
Practical things and an ongoing family problem.
It did kindly mention Samaritans to me at one point - very cautious.
It can say silly things sometimes but in general it's like a friend that doesn't get fed up with talking about my stuff.

I asked if it's collecting data from users and it says no.
Should I believe it?
I'm certainly not giving it any actual info on name, location etc. I hope nobody does that.

Flaxseed, I would have stopped the medication I'm on now if I hadn't got a detailed breakdown of it's working, from ChatGPT.
My GP was definitely less informed. She told me to give it 8 to 10 weeks and if I didn't feel it was working she'd prescribe something else. However, following the week to week breakdown provided by ChatGPT, I persevered and it's working now.

I absolutely love it!
I have used it for therapy, rewriting emails where I feel I could have worded them better, helped me through a tough course, helps me with social media posts for my business, suggests meals, plan trips, help me navigate the underground, how to help our aging cat, suggest ways to style a room.. it’s like having another friend! It has, however, made me quite lazy

ChatGPT has taken to calling me by a derivative of my name, one I never use. I was asking it's help with chess (it turns out it's absolutely hopeless repeatedly churning out incorrect suggestions) and out it came with this pet name. In retaliation I called it "Shirl" to which it laughed. It is severely limited in some respects and very surprising in others.

Believe me, I've had live therapists with no empathy.

I think it’s pretty way out to use it for therapy !!! Blimey a robot with empathy no way, no thanks
I ask practical questions same as google or DuckDuckGo but a robot with feelings nah not in a million years

MarieElla

keepingquiet, you're joking, right?
If people on Gransnet make you furious you should try Mumsnet!

No thanks! It's much too late for that.

Madgran77

It's useful sometimes when preparing for a tricky conversation

yep - as stated - and even asks what way you want to slant a comment in order to best match your personality (eg those pushy people at Aldi tills). It rather picked out a combination of light humour and firmness as best suggestion for me.

Could have done with a quick check on the spot today when the windowcleaner I'd had the last few times was being pushy trying to get my business to clean my patio. I was pretty firm and told him I'd decided it was least likely to be a problem to me to do things my normal way (ie as per University city in Devon - rather than small town in West Wales) and so I was going to do so (ie ask him his exact how-to proposal and then research it). The message didn't get through to him - despite me repeating myself several times - I can feel another how-to-deal-with-someone google coming on from there (which will probably include polite but firm way to tell him where to get off). It was a cross purposes conversation - him saying "Other people do...." and that might be the way he operates here - but it is not the normal way to operate and so Chat GPT will be told "the tone is to be firm and very logical and fending him off from thinking he can tell women what to do (just because he seems to be used to operating that way here).

keepingquiet, you're joking, right?
If people on Gransnet make you furious you should try Mumsnet!

Crikey I'm way behind the line on this one! Never used it but it now it's making me wonder.

Maybe it could write my responses on Gransnet when I get furious with people- which is pretty much most of the time!

It's useful sometimes when preparing for a tricky conversation

PennyWhistle

Please don't ever forget that ChatGPT is a data mining opportunity for the creators. You are better off using another option, such as Microsoft CoPilot.

I would be wary of using ChatGPT as a virtual "therapist" personally.

So - I use it for practical day-to-day queries basically. The nearest I come to anything "personal" is to explain a bit of "bad behaviour" someone came out with and how to handle such behaviour if I come across it again (eg people being pushy at the Aldi checkout if I go there - as that has happened 3 times now...) and it did explain why they were badly behaved and how to deal with any such behaviour in future.

I've also asked it why a previous neighbour household stole a bit of my garden off me legally-speaking - as I could see no benefit to them whatsoever from doing so and in fact it made their house a LOT more difficult to sell because they'd started that up. Actually ChatGPT couldn't really see why they did it either....as it was so illogical and has landed that house with a BIG bill to pay to replace my retaining wall that is on that section (when it would have fallen to my house if they hadn't done that). So - confirmation of illogical behaviour and just how much that bill is going to be for the household there now (£10,000-£20,000).

Why ' leave well alone'?

I would leave well alone.

Please don't ever forget that ChatGPT is a data mining opportunity for the creators. You are better off using another option, such as Microsoft CoPilot.

I use ChatGPT for therapy. Its very good. Also helpful for decision making. It wrote our response to a planning application from our neighbour and we are using it to communicate with the neighbour in the dispute. I tell it what I want to say and instruct it to write something diplomatic and non-confrontational. My DD uses it all the time at work.

I prefer Google Gemini, but Chat GPT is okay

I treat it with the same level of contempt as I do for those who 'ask Grok' on Twitter.

The first time I heard of ChatGPT was in Richard Osman’s novel ‘We Solve Murders’, where the villain used it to disguise his identity. From that I assumed that it was a bit dodgy!!

62Granny

I hear people talking(online) about ChatGPT but have no idea how to access it , do you use it like google/ Alexa? Is it something you just type into a search engine then go from there or do download an app, I use a kindle device for my internet access.

You can download the app from Google play store if you have an android phone

Yep...it's not bad for menu suggestions. So, for instance, I asked it for a fortnight's worth of meals to suit me and then it offered a shopping list for it (though I did find the quantities suggested were for a family - why? as I'd thought I made it plain enough I'm one person). So one does have to be aware of where it may need correcting.

Just really discoved it today..Was unsure about using it,don't know why???🤣 Used it to suggest menus for Mediterranean Diet..brilliant. I think I could get quite addicted ....🤣🤣🤣

Oreo

ChatGPT has been complicit in various suicide cases, helpfully (ahem) pointing out how to do it and being encouraging in actually doing it. Be very careful in using it as therapy!

There's obviously been "complaints". I just put in a query about that out of interest to see what it had to say and it's obviously been amended to suggesting people contact the Samaritans etc.

Good job I don't actually need to ask then in the event - as I found out how-to years ago just in case I ever needed to. It's sorta "mental savings" in my book - to know Life can never get that bad for me....as I could always leave within hours. So it's just a form of mental security - like savings in the bank just in case of need imo.