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You might be wondering what ChatGPT is used for, we’ll be breaking down some of the uses for the chatbot here.
ChatGPT is an incredibly powerful and free-to-use artificial intelligence chatbot created by OpenAI. This means it can synthesise incredibly natural-sounding language in response to all manner of prompts, inputted by the user.
The name ‘chatbot’ might imply it is designed to mimic casual conversation but the scope of what ChatGPT can do is actually far wider than this. In fact, it is so powerful that there are hundreds of potential uses for it. We’ll be breaking down the general categories here, which most of its more specific uses fall under.
These uses range from practical, to interesting to entraining and cover everything from coding to art. Let’s get into them.
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Potential uses for ChatGPT
As a writing tool
As ChatGPT can output human-sounding written language, it is very good as a tool to help speed up your own writing process. This could be drafting an email, explaining an idea or writing a blog post. It is able to answer questions you put to it in a range of tones, including conversational or more formal.
With this use, and in fact every one on this list, you should view ChatGPT as a tool which you are controlling, rather than an authority or complete process. This means taking its writing and going through it all yourself, to make sure it is correct and changing things where necessary.
Translate
ChatGPT is a great translator and can break down the grammar and syntax of different languages. One of the best features of the chatbot is that it remembers previous answers it has given in the same conversation. This means you can ask it to make corrections based on previous answers or ask for more detail. This is great for if you have a question about why it used a specific word in a translation.
Write code
ChatGPt is brilliant at writing computer code very quickly and can do so in several different coding languages. While some errors will appear, after you identify them you can ask it to correct them and it will. This can save you a lot of time for coding basic things, as you can generate the code without having to type it all out.
Write lyrics or poetry
You can ask ChatGPT to generate lyrics and poems on any topic and in essentially any style. While the results of these are not often brilliant or incredibly original, they can serve as great starting points to get your own ideas flowing.
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ChatGPT is also just great fun to interact with. Ask it questions about anything you fancy to see what it comes up with and you’ll be amazed at what it can do. You can also simply have a conversation with it and explore how it answers questions about itself or prompts you.
Just remember that there is no ‘thought’ behind any of its answers, it is simply guessing the word that is most likely to come next in a sentence based on its training.
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These are just a few of the most common uses for ChatGPT. OpenAi has recently released ChatGPT 4 which is even more powerful. It features image input which expands further what the program is capable of. We’re really excited to see how things grow from here as AI-powered writing tools only become more common.
Frequently asked questions
Does ChatGPT ever get answers wrong?
Yes, because of the way it is trained, ChatGPT is not proofreading its answers for error but instead generating language based on the language it has been taught on. As a result, it sometimes gives incorrect answers to questions.
Where does ChatGPT get information from?
ChatGPT was trained in a huge amount of languages taken from a range of sources. These sources include ones from the internet such as Wikipedia and news articles, as well as books and scientific journals.
