Is anyone using AI?

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I have been writing cover letters and using it in my job search. It hasn't really been saving me time as the results need a lot of editing, but it HAS allowed me to copy/paste old cover letters, and quickly out line my ideas so that I get some inertia going and don't sit there feeling over whelmed. I also find the process very effective at refining my thoughts.

I haven't played with it too much as I will end up hyper focusing on it all night, but I am eager to use it as an organization tool at work. It occurs to me that with the proper prompting, AI could be a pretty effective ADHD coach. Has anyone been exploring this or have ideas on how AI might aid your day to day life? Can you post specific prompts you've found useful?

[STEM_Dad]

I'm intrigued, even interested, but a little hesitant. I haven't gone all-in with AI, yet.

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I've only tried out chat AI tools a little bit at work, after finding out from colleagues that they had been trying it. I work in IT Support, and used Chat-GPT and Bing chat to search for info that I normally working search Google for (and would have to sift through a few web pages to find).

Sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't. In one try, I spent 5 minutes rephrasing chat requests, and then 5 minutes correcting the returned set of instructions, instead of 20+ minutes searching for the instructions on my own. A couple of others gave me usable info within a couple of minutes. But one test gave me nothing useful.

3 out of 4 tests successful (or mostly right)...not bad. It's going to take me some time to get used to this, but it could save me a lot of time and frustration, if I do it right.

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That was at work. In my personal life, I'm planning to use AI chat to help be with some writing. I tend to be way too wordy when I write fiction, so I am planning to use it to help me edit my writing for easier reading.

Also, I recently had an idea for a website that I want to create, and realized that a chatbot would be a great tool to help with site navigation (instead of a search bar). So just yesterday, I was reading about using AI for a chatbot.

[consistentAs]

I use an iphone app called 'perplexity'. It is free (from what I can tell).

See the image when I ask; "if i have adhd how should I organise my day"

I like it because it shows you where the 'response to the question was sourced' + it has follow-up suggestions.... it will suck you in to click on a better question (like youtube "constant swipe up for more content").

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[mmcaulay]

I use generative AI extensively. In fact, I'm a software developer with 30 years of experience, and I am pivoting to roles where generative AI will be integrated into applications in truly useful ways.

I use it a lot for writing both cover letters, articles and other import communications. I wrote an article a while back that you might find useful: rb.gy/jgiki

I think one of the most important things to understand about using these tools is focusing on the mentality you bring to it, versus a bunch of canned prompts. Don't get me wrong, they can be useful, but I've found approaching it like I would a human editor asking for specific critiques has been really useful. It's focusing on it as a conversation versus a one and done approach. It sounds like you're already going through refinement processes. I'm actually using another AI for writing now, because ChatGPT was getting me bogged down a bit. I'll share about that further down.

Not to steal too much thunder from the article, but there are two types of prompts I use for writing.

A critique based on criteria I give it such as clarity, persuasiveness, etc.

A proofreading looking beyond typos and grammar for awkward phrasing, or homonyms, etc.

I've been using Claude lately for my writing and found it strikes a better balance and isn't as nitpicky as ChatGPT tends to be. I also switched away from ChatGPT for writing because there seemed to be a change in it, that even when I'd tell it not to try to change the wording, and just make some structural changes it would still rewrite it. I think I understand some of the technical reasons for this, but that doesn't help too much.

So, using Anthropic's Claude 2 has been really great. It just feels more "human." One caveat is that it's only available in the US and UK at present. There is another site called Poe that can provide some access to it outside those countries, though.

I'll leave you with the prompts I've used for both the critique and the proofreading.

Critique:

"I have a piece of text for which I'd like a thorough review. Please analyze it based on these specific criteria:

1. Language clarity: Are the words and phrases clear and easy to understand?

2. Idea clarity: Are the ideas or arguments presented logically and coherently?

3. Phrasing: Are there any awkwardly phrased sentences or phrases?

4. Simplification: Can any part of the text be simplified without losing detail or the unique style of the writer?

5. Persuasiveness: Is the text compelling and convincing?

6. Feasibility: Are the ideas or proposals realistic and achievable?

For each of these criteria, please identify any issues and provide specific recommendations for improvement. I don't need you to rewrite the text, just to give guidance on how it could be improved. Lastly, could you assess and provide the reading level of this text?"

Proofreading:

"Could you please proofread this text for typos, misused words, and grammatical errors, avoiding stylistic changes? I would appreciate a point-by-point list of your suggestions, each accompanied by a short description explaining the reason for the recommendation. Please bold the specific parts of the text that need modification within a context defined as the five words before and after the modification in your response."

Obviously, feel free to use as little or as much as you like and tweak for your own situation.

[OJownday]

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