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Excellent post.

Ok, two things:

1. You're old?? If so, I'm a fossil.

2. One thing I love about AI: you'll never again stare at a blank piece of paper in your typewriter (look it up: T-Y-P-E-W...) It's great for first drafts.

BONUS THING #3: Trust but verify. AI has a way of bullshitting in exchange for being fast.

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Thanks Ara. I like “bullshitting” rather than the standard “hallucinating.” I think it fits the situation better. Because the AI doesn’t *care* whether what it says is true or not. It’s the “Dubya on Iraq” of technology.

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I think I told you about the times it argued with me. Once when it insisted Ara Rubyan was a woman and another when I had it solve one of those NYT puzzles. Trust but verify!

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Cool ideas! I've only dabbled a tiny bit in ChatGPT, but you really show how you can get more out of it with a good prompt.

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Thanks Rosana!

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