and the real writer of the past 2 posts has been... drumroll...
Marc W. Halpert
LinkedIn? laureate; 1:1 coach, group trainer, author, speaker, strategic marketing consultant, over 14+ years. I help serious professionals tell WHY they do what they do, making them "amazing-er" than their competitors!
Blogger's note: The past 2 posts this week were designed as an experiment
to show you the difference between my personal and ChatGPT's AI-generated
writing.
Perhaps you saw through the opaqueness of my challenge: that Monday’s post was me talking, and Tuesday was my asking AI to do so, with its very academic, or shall I say, stuffy, style. I asked it:
Write a short blog post of no more than 300 words, briefly discussing LinkedIn’s single best and single?worst attributes with some brief observation on what they could do to make the experience better for the average user, written in the style of Marc W. Halpert’s blog connect2collaborate.
I was unimpressed.
It could not contain itself to 300, or even 400 words, so it was not brief, and it certainly was not in my style of this blog.
So bloggers and writers with your own voice, this simple test awards AI a D.
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Does it have application for formal proposal writing or academic articles? I am not sure. I fail to see the time saved if you have to edit so much that to write it fresh woud take less time.
I also do not understand why it cannot contain itself to 300 words, as I ordered. Frankly I was astonished and asked it several times to try again and each reply was way over that limitation.
I have no doubt it will someday get more personalized and “smarter” to actually take my commands, and do better to emulate my voice. But until then you get me, 110% all the time, no technoblabber and no stuffy BS academic discourse.
I will award it the grade D and not an F, because it did come up with one real benefit of LinkedIn that I opted not to highlight, but is worth mentioning: its networkability, not to be discounted. I just chose to focus on another attribute, its global communication.
PS: If anyone has a suggestion to offer for me to re-ask ChatGPT a better question to surface a more competitive reply, please suggest it in the comments below. I am a novice here so I look to some of you with more time and experience with this new tool for guidance.?
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1 年I think that for thought leaders using AI is a backward step. How can a program that is often inaccurate and constantly out of date supersede an expert's wisdom and life experience? Maybe for those starting out it's different but for me, writing my own content takes less time and I get a better result.
I'm a digital creative who's passionate about using design thinking to help you tell your story and connect with your audience. I specialize in creating websites, graphics, and video content that is designed to engage.
1 年Thanks for accepting the challenge Marc! It's really interesting to me that the word count is where it failed. I tried to use your original prompt to see what it would provide me, and I had the same issue. Even asking it to rewrite it for "300 words or less" has it spit out something longer. The only way I could get it to do "no more than 300 words" was to tell it that I wanted something that was "about 250 words". This speaks to the inaccurate nature of generative models, and why we (when using the tools) will need to be good drivers. We still need to know enough about what we're asking it to generate to be the curator and, in some cases, the aribiter of truth. (Another interesting thing is that it didn't write the same thing for me as it did for you. Even with a few attempts.)
ChatGPT is young, Give it time.
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1 年Why insult natural intelligence by inviting in the artificial? ?? I am glad this experiment proved AI is in the slow lane alongside us human content writers on the great information highway! ??
Marketing & Creative Specialist, Brand Strategist, Graphic Designer & Artist | Sinatra Consulting, LLC ? Branding, Design + Marketing Strategy
1 年I am highly interested in tech, always looking to learn and orient myself to new advancements in software and hardware. However, the growing world of automation does not appeal to me — in fact, it inherently repels me. Something within my subconscious seeks to avoid it at all costs, not wanting to dip even my toe down the rabbit hole of generative AI — particularly when it comes to writing, and now also design, including Photoshop's beta release a few days ago. I suspect it's because somewhere deep within my psyche, I fear it the way I fear any addictive substance that feels a bit too good or a bit too helpful. Not caring to experience it the same way I don't care to know heroin or steroids, and the slippery slope that accompanies them. A bit extreme of a comparison I realize, but we're talking about tech designed to mimic so much of who I am and what I do professionally; the talents, skill sets and abilities that I hold most dear; the areas I have most proudly honed and nurtured over a 20 year career. Do I want to introduce that into my life? This realm of enhancement has the distinct "scent" of something that could easily become a habit, and perhaps I don't want to know what it feels like to rely on it, even a little bit.