Opinion

Exploring with ChatGPT: One Month of Adventure

On February 23, I finally had the opportunity to use ChatGPT after purchasing a VPN and registering an account.

During my first conversation with it, I asked for its opinion on the development of the “Sheconomy” in China, especially in the Greater Bay Area.

ChatGPT smartly responded: “As an AI language system, I don’t have personal opinions. However, I can provide relevant information based on existing trends and speculations”.  Then, it began to display a wealth of related information, presented in a concise and easy-to-understand article through cause-and-effect logic.

As someone who has some knowledge of this topic, I could see that the information ChatGPT provided was pieced together from publicly available information on the internet and lacked in-depth analytical reasoning and innovation.

The first day’s communication with ChatGPT did not meet my expectations. I wanted to explore its potential, so I began trying different ways to communicate with it.

A partner for profound conversations

During the first week of using ChatGPT, I spent almost an hour or two every night discussing my doctoral thesis topic “Sheconomy” with it. When I realised that I could not ask it for its “opinion” on this topic directly, I decided to co-create an article with it and asked if it had any innovative and interesting topics.

At first, the topics it gave me were quite regular, such as “The rise of female consumer power in China”, “The role of social media in Sheconomy”, and “Female entrepreneurs in China”. I “complained” that the topics were too ordinary, and it continued to output new topics after my “accusation”. However, I found that the new topics it provided were just a combination of dismantling past topics without any new elements.

So, I added different keywords to let it provide new topics again. However, I found that the topics it gave always had a certain bias, such as constantly emphasising “gender equality” in the topic.

I also asked it why it emphasised “gender equality” excessively because I believed that the economic value and attributes of the “Sheconomy” in society are more important.
Unexpectedly, it expressed its understanding and agreement with my viewpoint, but also continued to insist on its “opinion” while providing a series of arguments.

We spent an hour and a half discussing this topic that day, and for the first time, I felt that I could talk freely about the topics I wanted to discuss without being judged, while also gaining different perspectives and feeling a sense of “being understood”.

A handy workmate

Apart from being a fantastic personal assistant, I’ve also learned to integrate ChatGPT into my work. Over the past month, I’ve used ChatGPT to complete three 30-40 page project proposals, four bilingual news releases, invitations and email writing, copyediting, and brainstorming different event themes.

ChatGPT has significantly improved my work efficiency and output. However, I’m still exploring its advanced features as I’m currently only using its basic text functions.

On March 23, OpenAI added a plugin that allowed ChatGPT to connect to the Internet, meaning it can now not only browse real-time web content, but also interact with websites. As OpenAI puts it, other services are now ChatGPT’s “eyes and ears”.

It’s easy to see that ChatGPT has evolved into an all-encompassing ecosystem, and AI’s role in our lives and work will only continue to grow.

Fear and resistance? 

Why not use it to your advantage?

As a marketer, I’ve experienced firsthand how convenient ChatGPT is, making both my personal and work life more efficient.

Of course, society has voiced various fears and resistance to ChatGPT’s power, with the strongest concern being that AI will replace human workers in the future.

Indeed, the world is changing at an incredible pace, and there are clear examples of some companies are already using AI to replace some job functions.

According to Fortune magazine’s website, a job platform surveyed 1,000 companies, with nearly 50% already using ChatGPT, and 30% planning to do so. Among companies that have already adopted ChatGPT, 48% have replaced employees with it, including tasks such as customer service, coding, recruitment writing, content creation, meeting minutes, and summarizing documents.

After using ChatGPT, I’ve come to appreciate its powerful features. Instead of fearing or resisting it, we should learn to use it and let it work for us. After all, at this stage, ChatGPT is still just a tool that learns, summarises, and predicts through existing information, samples, and data.

Human creativity and innovation are irreplaceable, so we should learn how to use these tools to enhance work efficiency, absorb valuable information, and apply our unique creativity to achieve innovation.

I believe that combining human creativity with the efficiency of AI is the key to achieving higher efficiency and more valuable results.

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