Actually, Karen, I have to disagree.  I know writers who use it to help them 
generate ideas for their fiction.  That’s pretty abstract.  And those same 
writers will tell you that they do often repeat the prompt in order to get a 
variety of responses.
Best,
Donna


> On Jul 11, 2023, at 9:20 AM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The program is not created for independent thought.
> It is created to piece together the thoughts, information so forth from 
> others.
> The same question over and  over?  perhaps.  Abstract? no, fortunately, 
> because that keeps human touch in place.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2023, Jessica Moss wrote:
> 
>> Isn’t it?  I play around with it from time to time, but where I’ve found it 
>> to have fallen a little short is when it comes to its ability to write code, 
>> unless there’s something I’m missing.  I asked it one day after listening to 
>> the AppleVis podcast Thomas Domville did, borrowed his idea to have it 
>> create multiple choice questions about AppleVis, but then asked it to create 
>> a sharable template with radio buttons, which it attempted to do, but 
>> instead of radio buttons, it created checkboxes.  I then attempted to test 
>> the line of code it created on Codepen.io <http://codepen.io/>, and 
>> unfortunately the site wouldn’t have anything to do with it.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 10, 2023, at 11:01 PM, Brandon Olivares <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use it regularly and it works really well, though it has limits. I use it 
>>> to help with writing, sometimes to help with programming, to brainstorm 
>>> ideas, etc. It’s definitely insane how far things have come in such a short 
>>> time.
>>> 
>>> BTW you don’t necessarily need the app: there is a web interface as well.
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 10, 2023, at 10:39 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> 
>>>> Just so you know, I am posting this to both lists.
>>>> 
>>>> So I keep running into all kinds of news articles on Chat GPT, a product
>>>> from the Open A I project.
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone downloaded the app from the App Store and, if so, are you 
>>>> finding
>>>> it as amazing as some of the news reporters from USA Today and the
>>>> Wallstreet Journal?
>>>> 
>>>> I went to the website at chat.openai.com to see what I could find.  I did
>>>> not find much; I'll have to download the app to really check it out.
>>>> 
>>>> Oh, the article I read today, in the Apple News app talked about how Chat
>>>> GPT planned the writer's vacation itinerary and did a pretty good job of 
>>>> it,
>>>> apparently.
>>>> 
>>>> I look forward to reading your replies,
>>>> 
>>>> Mark
>>>> 
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