My calendar application changed the method to add events and broke my workflow.
My workaround: I typed basic schedule info into Perplexity and have it convert the data to a CSV file and import it.
I tried using the one that spontaneously generates text adventures, but they kept turning porny.
That sounds like fun - do you recall the name?
AI Dungeon, specifically the GPC3 “Dragon” narrator
Yes, I use it to generate code that I run at home. Also generate a ton of icons that look amazing, and content for a game I am working on.
What do you use for the icons? Are they vector images?
Right, svg. Not doing it anymore but we had a use case for dynamically generating information bearing icons based on changing conditions.
These days I see there are dedicated services that do this really well.
Another thing I got some benefit at was using it to generate thousands of configuration json files covering all permutations of a wide set of values (within rules and ranges).
I use it a lot for code improvements. “I’m doing XYZ in my code. This is not efficient. Is there an algorithm to improve this?” Often times, there is.
The only thing I use an LLM for is answering random questions I have throughout the day. “Why does my car windscreen freeze over when the air temperature doesn’t get that low?” “How does a circumflex change pronunciation?” “What’s a simple recipe for honey-mustard dressing?”
Small one time use scripts, which aren’t worth the time investment to do properly.
Aside from small scripts and stupid joke images, I used ChatGPT on a vacation for extra details about the area I was in. It was when it first came out and Wikipedia and Google were obviously better for facts or finding restaurants but being able to ask follow-up questions was sometimes useful. You can be more vague and slowly zero in on what you’re actually asking about.
So, I don’t rely on it for anything important but it’s handy for a number of edge cases (sometimes, if only to figure out what you need to do a regular search for).
- Coding (four different apps I would have not been able to complete by myself).
- Choosing color pallettes for UX design
- Numerous little utility scripts for work (Poweshell, SQL)
- Tabletop RPG prep (NPCs, locations, loot, factions, scenarios)
I mainly use LLMs as a programming assistant, as a brainstorming buddy and creative assistant while working on adventures for the tabletop roleplaying campaigns I run, and as a search result summarizer/interpreter over at Bing for the sorts of generic queries I used to use Google for.
I use it as a way to rewrite emails to sound more professional, especially when I’m too lazy to word good, or I’m mad at the person I’m emailing. I can say what I really want and have AI tone it down, or smarten it up.
I use it a lot for helping structure written reports. I can’t use exactly what it spits out, of course, but it helps me get an idea of what reads well and what doesn’t. It’s made me a better writer, I’m still bad, but getting better.
Helps with trouble shooting common or obscure IT issues in a pinch, not always right, but tends to point me the right direction. It’s great at reminding me about steps I skipped over. Also helps explain underlying technical causes.
I use it to explain certain industries, sciences, and technical reasons behind specific technologies I don’t have enough experience with, medical, biotech, IT, industrial, chemistry etc. Why would they use this vs that, what are reasons why they would or world not.
Jargon translator! If you want to learn a subject but you’re eyes glaze over at all of the jargon, ask an AI. I feel like there isn’t a topic I can’t learn now. If I don’t understand something I just copy and paste it in and say Explain. Anything I still don’t get I can ask for more details or a comprehensive breakdown. There isn’t a level of abstraction it can’t get to. Works just as well in reverse like when I want to quickly turn my explanation into something someone else will understand. Cross department communication is much easier, same for explaining something up the chain. My favorite is to have it explain things to the execs layman terms.
Using AI feels like having my own smart…thing .alien .gnome by my side, or an extra lobe in my brain. I feel like I’m making new connections and learning faster than I would have without it. I think a big part of that has been my initial double checking ALL of it’s answers. That gave me a good feel for it’s weaknesses and strengths, when to doubt it, double check, or know when it’s just saying what sounds correct. I started using it day one every day, it’s definitely improved but still has a ways to go.
Finally, simple scripts. Anything more than that and I end up wasting too much time debugging.
Sorry bedtime stories. Kids list anything they want in the story, as silly as they can come up with, and in seconds we have a short story to giggle to.
There are probably more, but those are the ones that came to mind. I want to list the things it’s absolutely terrible at too but another time.
i used it successfully for social formal mail, like wishing business contacts i hardly knew farewell. you just tell it to write a farewell mail for john paste it in your email and change stuff you don’t like
Nothing much, just use them when I want to discover something new… news websites, books, series…places…etc
I have.
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