Anyone else tired of seeing chatGPT everywhere for everything?
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate how valuable of a tool it is, and I use it too. I do believe that the tech behind it is lifechanging and that it'll have a drastic impact on how many things are done in the future. Not just chatGPT, but AI in general.
That being said, we're still in the "gold rush" period of the tool where it feels like every new startup/tool, blog, post, etc. revolves around chatGPT, and it's super fatiguing to see the homogeneity.
I'm not saying everyone shouldn't be trying to make the most of it, but damn. You know?
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Someone was asking why we are not offering them a steep discount because they heard ChatGPT will write all the codes.
Oh boy, that sounds terribly annoying to deal with.
Yes, as a copywriter, I really, really am.
It's not just my fellow copywriters and I that may be feeling this way, either. Clarkesworld magazine--an award-winning fantasy and science fiction magazine--posted just an hour ago that they've had to close submissions beacause they were getting so many AI generated story submissions--even though it's against their guidelines: https://twitter.com/clarkesworld/status/1627711728245960704?cxt=HHwWgMCz7avM5ZYtAAAA
I don't have a problem with AI - I have a problem with the way some people are misusing it. Anyway, last week it was NFT, this week it's ChatGPT - I believe the excitement will die out eventually, though unlike NFTs, we'll reach some sort of balance where it's used for genuine purposes.
Oof, I can't say I'm surprised people have been misusing it like that. Eventually, we'll probably have to build out all new categories for copy/art/etc. that was made by an AI. Crazy.
That's hilarious. I had the exact same thought about NFTs when I was writing this post! You're right though, this is a bit different in the sense that it'll stabilize eventually.
Is it possible you're against ChatGPT because your job is on the line?
My job is on the line? I don't see it that way.
ChatGPT is no more a threat to copywriters as AutoCAD was to architects, or calculators to accountants. Your comment did make me laugh though, thank you :)
Also, I feel you may have misunderstood. I'm not against ChatGPT. OP's question was if anyone else is sick of seeing ChatGPT everywhere for everything--which I am.
Honestly I think it's extremely overhyped. A good analogy I saw was the comparison to 3D printers. At the time people thought it would be life-changing technology, but in the end it was just another useful tool.
Similarly I think chat-GPT is like 3D printing and is currently overvalued, I don't know where it's headed but for now I consider 3D printing to be more impactful.
Yeah or self-driving cars. People were talking about human drivers being a thing of the past by 2020. Now getting to where you don't need a human driver in any condition seems almost impossible. It feels like advanced cruise control is all it will be for a long time.
Same thing with AI, it can do some amazing tricks with carefully crafted input, but it is super far away from doing complex tasks with 100% reliability. It will probably be a cool but limited text/image generation tool for a long time.
I completely disagree. it has completely changed my workflow. made me a better programmer. it has helped me improve my marketing. I dont see how anyone could say its overhyped (even with the current amount of hype).
That's actually a pretty good comparison. To be fair, 3d printing is lifechanging but moreso for businesses than the everyday person. Whereas with chatGPT, it does seem more useful to the everyday person.
That being said, I do agree overall. Most importantly though, I think chatGPT is a signal to the average person that, as a society, we're making serious headway on the AI front, and that's understandably exciting.
Ah, the classic shiny object syndrome.
The FOMO of missing out means people might make a quick buck in the short entering the market but it will be overrun with completition.
We do like shiny objects. Hard to blame people for wanting to make money, but damn. If I see another chatGPT copywriting tool...
I'm tired of it being used for surface-level content. Like articles "ChatGPT wrote this screenplay, check it out!"
But in terms of full use, I definitely don't mind it. It's definitely the new big thing and I think people utilizing it to its full extent is good. But yeah, the constant surface-level content is annoying for sure.
Fair point! I guess a lot of the stuff we're seeing really is just surface level, and that's one of the biggest things that bugs me. The lack of effort. You're right though, there are some genuinely innovative products out there that use chatGPT.
I’m sick of the “you’re using ChatGPT wrong… a Twitter thread” tweets. 🤦♂️
Hopefully the shiny object syndrome dies down soon for ChatGPT and people start building actually useful tools.
Only for the same 100 or so use cases everyone talks about. I want to see it being used for something unique
Agreed.
It's pushing people into bolting AI unnecessarily onto their solution for no reason.
Businesses have been saying (exaggerating) for a decade that their platform uses AI to do xyz thing. It was tiresome long before the release of ChatGPT. I think people are just finally excited to be able to (partially) deliver on that promise.
I don't mind the hype; it's overdue after a long drought of any generally useful AI-driven tools.
Haha YES.
Not everything needs AI. In fact, I would go so far as to say that many products are better WITHOUT AI.
I even tweeted this just this morning before I saw this post:
LOL. I love that. If I had twitter, I'd retweet the hell out of that.
Couldn't agree more though! I don't think we're at the point, at least not yet, where AI can replicate the human touch that we add to... well everything.
I'm sick also sick of the cookie cutter posts about new prompts and what-not. but I do think chat gpt is revolutionary and a ton of attention should be expected.
Agreed, just wish people wouldn't post about it unless they actually had something worthwhile to say.
While ChatGPT has indeed gained significant attention and use across various industries, it is understandable that its ubiquity can lead to fatigue and a desire for diversity in tech. However, it is important to recognize the potential and impact of AI tools like ChatGPT in shaping the future of how we work and interact with technology.
It's a balance between embracing its benefits while also promoting innovation and exploring alternative solutions.
Haha the fatigue is real.
I wrote this post -> https://mythicalai.substack.com/p/21-ai-tools-you-probably-havent-used
for my newsletter about 21 AI tools that are NOT ChatGPT,
and it was one of the best performing posts of the last few months.
Had a little rant about this just now as well :-)
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/chatgtp-and-ai-isnt-going-to-make-your-startup-idea-successful-46a8aec517
Hahaha that's awesome. Great post btw. The "shiny object syndrome" is real.
It'll be nice in a few years once the hype has died down so we can see some genuinely brilliant products/services that leverage AI, chatGPT, etc.
For now though, it's getting annoying to sift through all the BS even if there are some gems out there.
Defo looking forward to the hype being over!
The worst part is the misleading marketing.
I see so many AI tools saying they use ChatGPT when in reality they're using GPT-3 as a backend since ChatGPT does not have an API yet.
As they say, when in a gold rush, start selling shovels. OpenAI is doing just that, and we hope to leverage that too with Evoke but moreso for image generation.
wherever I go 9 out of 10 posts are of CHATGPT !!
For the most part, I resonate with your feelings in this. And I'm certain the euphoria will die down as with time. The world moves super quickly.
Definitely. Even just thinking back to all the crypto/NFT hype from ~2 years ago. Both are still around, but not so... in your face lol.
I'm starting to see a lot of people throw in AI + [whatever they are doing]. How many of it is really AI integration versus piggybacking.
I'd guess 90%+ of it is just piggybacking.
Yes! I love using it, but I get tired reading about it.
Can someone build a plugin to filter out all twitter threads and posts about chatGPT? I'll be your first happy customer
I bet chatGPT could do that for you 😅
No doubt, technology brings a lot of useful and innovative products. However, I am fully impressed with ChatGPT. It is a great resource for developers, marketers, and copywriters to solve their problems in seconds.
It's a fantastic resource, no doubt. Especially as it evolves to gain access to the internet, etc. For now though, it's a bit too "in the spotlight" for my taste.
It's a pretty impressive and a novelty so I can understand it appearing everywhere. It'll be interesting to see what people are saying about it in 6 months time
Whatever happens, I'm sure it'll fare better than NFTs lol.
:P
Me because I actually have never used it but have seen an inordinate amount of people use it for a whole bunch of stuff.
I haven't used it not because I don't think it's useful but because I already had my fair share of AI tools for the things I need.
You should actually check it out. It's quite interesting. Just don't use it to write an article titled "I asked chatGPT..." lol.
Lol. Definitely not using for writing articles. In fact, a great majority of the tools out there that promise a "1 click blog post" are not even there yet in terms of content.
At this point, I think it's easier for me to not try it than to get in late on the hype 😆
As we know certain keywords will do what certain key words will do. But I find it slightly annoying....depending on the use case.
For transparency:
I may or may not 🙃 be using it for certain cover letters and to check that the job description is in sync w/ my resume s . which sounds super lazy, but I swear it's just a fight fire with fire senario
Great point actually. It's not just the people choosing the "easy" path with chatGPT but also algorithms like Google's pumping that... well shit into the spotlight.
Also, don't feel bad haha. As far as I'm concerned, cover letters are an outdated tradition that needs to die out asap, especially when you have to apply to dozens of jobs to land an interview.
Not at all... it's going to be a huge fascination to those who are not developers, programmers, and non-coders. For them, they are still trying to understand it, especially because it's just touching the surface of artificial intelligence, though for them, it is artificial intelligence. To the world, it's "the next best thing" as when the iPhone or Facebook came out. I can remember when the world wasn't very quick to adapt social media, and in fact, it was seen as "non-professional" for a few years before the "mainstream media" finally started understanding how to use it.
For the coder, it's billions of lines of code and probably dozens to hundreds of algorithms that try to make sense of what you're saying. I know when I first started using it, it was making a lot of mistakes, and I had to correct it. But over time, it seems to have gotten smart enough to know what I'm talking about.
I do see it as an ongoing issue for universities and even journalism, but the issue is not ChatGPT itself, but its potential misuse and abuse by human beings. For example, it can certainly modify an existing essay and make it better. This would be great for professors and students. However, what is not so great is the fact that students have the potential to outright have it written out for them. In a way, plagiarism is a bit harder to detect since it can write it in many different ways, many times. But this is a human problem more than it is a ChatGPT tool problem.
I started out knowing nothing, not even wanting to give it a chance until someone told me I should look further. And so I did. I'm still exploring its wide-range of possibilities, especially for coding purposes. I just released a web app yesterday after a few weeks where I was collaborating with ChatGPT itself on how it would design itself if it were a website. I gave it suggestions, of course, but coaxed questions on how it should be built. So we actually discussed multiple possible designs, multi-page or single page, and it even suggested that Javascript was a good choice for building it. And pricing was a huge issue which took me about 10 questions to understand how to charge for it.
Here are the results: https://trackmybot.com
Those are all great points! For the average person, it really does open a whole new door to a world they've only really heard of before. For developers as well, you're right there. I can't begin to imagine the amount of work that went/goes into it.
Yes, it has become a huge issue in those areas rather quickly. On one hand, it's hard to blame people for using the tools that are at their disposal. On the other hand, there are now numerous developers working on solutions to detect AI developed product, so the people using it for university, journalism, etc. are going to hit a wall rather soon. At the end of the day though, you're right; it's more of a human problem than an AI problem.
That's smart! Everyone should definitely look into it. As I mentioned above, it really is an incredible tool. I'm just sick of the pervasive "I asked chatGPT..." articles and poorly thought-out tools etc. Aside from that, it's fantastic. It does take some coaxing, especially as your learning how to use it, but congrats on being able to build your tool with chatGPT's help!
I tried using the tool and, to be honest, I'm not exactly sure how to use it. Any time I tried to type a question, I got this error "human and bot id value mismatch. try again". If you find I'm not the only user struggling, it might be beneficial to include an onboarding of some sort to walk users through the basics. Looks great though!
You do have to match the captcha -- as technology progresses, issues with bots still remain.
Hey,
I am biased, I just launched Autory.ai and I think that even if I was not i would not be.
I have not seen anything like this tool(ChatGPT) before. I think the implications are still being figured out and I am interested when people figure something new out.
And its a lot right now. I get that. Can we find a middle-of-the-road solution where we post at 75% of the current rate?
Hey,
Cool tool! I'm a huge fan of automation.
Yeah chatGPT is groundbreaking (as far as I know), so everyone is flocking to it (like we did with crypto, NFTs, etc.). One of the huge issues though, that I and other users pointed out above, is the lack of effort. A huge percentage of what we see is just low effort articles, copywriting tools, etc., and there's just no spark there.
It is a lot right now, like you mentioned. It does seem like it stems from the fact that everyone just wants to "get rich quick" or is under pressure to create something consumable, so they choose the easy options instead of putting some real thought into what they're creating.
That being said, to each their own! Your tool, for instance, seems like there was more thought put into it and how it interfaces with other tools, so I'd put that in the "good" column.
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