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Besides the fact that this comment reads written by GPT itself, using this particular AI as a source for your education is like going to the worse University out there.

I am sure if you always wishes do thave a personal PhD in a particular subject you could find shady universities out there who could provide one without much effort.

[I may be exagerating but the point still stands because the previous user also didn't mean a literal PhD]

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I don't think that's the user's intended meaning of "personal PhD," ie they don't mean a PhD or PhD level knowledge held by themselves, they mean having a person with a PhD that they can call up with questions. It seems like in some fields GPT4 will be on par with even PhD-friends who went to reasonably well respected institutions.

exactly

This comment (this one right here) wasn't written with GPT, but I did have the other one refined by it. I think in elongated thoughts and a lot of continuations, which makes me a bit shy of my writings. Because of that, I use it to help me find different ways to improve my writing.

I live near UCI and yes, I can find one, but at a sizable cost. I'm not opposed to that, but it's still a good chunk of money.

ChatGPT won't really help you improve your writing. It's got a terribly standard and boring voice. Most of the time generates 5 paragraph essays that make it super easy to sniff out. It might give you a couple common words it found in its training data to use, but you should stick to your elongated thoughts. Reading your writing out loud and editing will be just as good if not better than ChatGPT. Your comment here is pretty good. The first reply you made sounds... soulless.

> like going to the worse University out there.

...without going anywhere.

Wikipedia isn't great compared to a degree from a top university, but it's also readily available and is often a first reference for many of us.

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