Using ChatGPT Intelligently
There's a lot of hype about ChatGPT at the moment. Some of it's true, some is true but seems to belong in science fiction, some is just hype.
Like any new technology, it needs to be used intelligently.
Personally, I'm using it to write niche blog posts:
Then it's back to the auto-writer to write an email to send to the relevant list.
And maybe summarise the article to create a video to post on YouTube and elsewhere.
As you've probably noticed, I don't use LinkedIn that much (could change!) but the software I use has the option to create a LinkedIn message.
Plus lots of other things.
ChatGPT is a blank slate and if I went to it direct, I'd have to give it lots of instructions that I really can't be bothered to learn.
Instead, I use a couple of programs that are basically wrappers - select the required style and press "go".
The programmer has done all the hard work figuring out what to tell the ChatGPT robots to get decent output. At least most of the time - sometimes it misses the mark but computers (and humans) do that as well.
What's the quality like?
Out of the box it's reasonably OK.
Years ago I used to pay sites like iWriter and HireWriters to create articles.
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Currently a 1,000 word article on iWriter costs anything from $10 (if it's AI written and human edited) to at least double that for one that's (at least in theory) been written by a human.
I use two different software programs.
Writeseed is the one I started with - it comes with a free trial and then $16 per month for unlimited articles. Not to mention ad headlines, Quora answers, responses to reviews (!), keyword ideas and much more.
It's user friendly and stores all the previous output in case you need to go back to it.
Full length articles are usually around 1,000 words although that varies a bit.
It usually produces an image for the article but I prefer to find one on Pixabay.
ZimmWriter is the other program I use.
It's a bit geekier and doesn't have as many options.
But it writes longer articles and even has the option of choosing a writing style that fits the subject matter.
It costs just under $10 a month (or there's currently a lifetime deal but I'd suggest going monthly to start with). On top of that, you need to subscribe to ChatGPT - there's a link and instructions on the sales page. You then get charged by ChatGPT for the words written - around 10 cents for 1,500 words if you're using the regular version of ChatGPT, a bit more if you're using their newer version.
Even if you prefer to write your own articles, these tools can give you an excellent starting point and then you can tidy them up.
There are lots of other uses for ChatGPT and will be even more once the various competitors start to come out of the woodwork.
But the trick is definitely to start now, learn while everyone else is learning and use this to your advantage.
The genie has most definitely escaped from the bottle!