Re: GPT-4 and trimming expenses

[Red S]

At this stage I think it's pretty safe to assume everything will get 
initiated with a starting point of some GPT4 output.


True. What I find equal parts amazing and scary, is how quickly the GPT4 
has been hooked up to get all the way from the starting point to the *end* 
point. Technically, this (the physical actions) should be the least 
surprising and the oldest part. But it's the power of the combination 
that's amazing (and quite scary).

As an example, Lob 
 is 
apparently a web API service one can invoke to get a physical letter to be 
printed and mailed to a given address, that the thread I posted above uses. 
But hooking GPT up to this suddenly means it can send letters of all sorts 
to anyone in the world. Meaning, it can cause physical actions to be taken 
in the real world with minimal effort and expertise. One doesn't have to be 
very imaginative to figure out what this means with the tons of APIs for 
all kinds of things on the planet.

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Re: GPT-4 and trimming expenses

[Martin Blais]

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:18 PM Red S  wrote:

> Sending these to this list since I assume a lot of us have made somewhat a
> hobby out of personal finance, and you might be interested in knowing the
> state of the art in how generative AI is starting to be applied to this
> area.
>

At this stage I think it's pretty safe to assume everything will get
initiated with a starting point of some GPT4 output.
- Non-technical people are using it profusely already, since it doesn't
require programming
- Even technical people are using it, since it's amazingly easy to go from
nothing to "something okay" in zero time
It's all over the place already. It's a bit scary even. I've been floored
at GPT's performance. I've never seen anything this amazing.

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Re: GPT-4 and trimming expenses

[Red S]

Some more tidbits I found interesting:
Wifi refund from United Airlines 

*When I said: “no,” it immediately drafted a persuasive and firm legal 
letter to United, requesting a refund. The letter was both legalistic 
(citing FTC statutes) and convincing.*

Negotiation: GPT-3 vs GPT-4 




*difference between GPT-3 and 4 in negotiating bills.We sent a GPT-4 bot to 
chat with Comcast and get a refund. When Comcast offered $50, GPT-4 said: 
“NO. That is not enough. I want $100.” It worked! GPT-3 never pushed back 
as hard.*

And unrelated to the above, here's a website that's well known in personal 
finance/investments circles, which experimented with chatGPT on issues 
around personal finance and investing 
. 

Sending these to this list since I assume a lot of us have made somewhat a 
hobby out of personal finance, and you might be interested in knowing the 
state of the art in how generative AI is starting to be applied to this 
area.

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