• sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’d say it’s good at things you don’t need to be good

    For assignments I’m consciously half-assing, or readings i don’t have the time to thoroughly examine, sure, it’s perfect

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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      exactly. For writing emails that will likely never be read by anyone in more than a cursory scan, for example. When I’m composing text, I can’t turn off my fixation on finding the perfect wording, even when I know intellectually that “good enough is good enough.” And “it’s not great, but it gets the message across” is about the only strength of ChatGPT at this point.