That example screenshot of ChatGPT generating three queries to Wolfram Alpha in succession in order to answer the initial question is amazing. It's just how a human might have used Wolfram Alpha to do the same.
Until reasonable alternatives are developed, in many professions you will be basically handicapped without it.
And the cherry on top is that they have all inputs. These provide incomparably more data than e.g. google search queries. Not to mention they have a tool which excels at guessing user intention and interests.
I think it might really help with writers’ block.
But “handicapped without it” in “many professions”?
Without detailed support, this reads as a rather absurd and zealous statement.
If you are the guy manually writing code to extract and interpret information from CSVs or articles, it might take you hours longer than the guy who gets the chatbot to do it in seconds.
I predict GPT will be a necessary tool to stay competitive in most middle class jobs within the next year
how does anyone verify the work they've subcontracted out? They see progress and they call it good enough.
There’s many in the works. They aren’t magically ten years ahead of everyone else. Google and Facebook both have comparable technology. Open teams are catching up. The research is also improving outside of OpenAI making their “moat” (requiring cloud computing to run) nearly obsolete.
Thoughts on OpenAssistant?