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A Student's Guide to Writing with ChatGPT

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323 points timbilt | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.701s | source
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RobinL ◴[13 Nov 24 19:44 UTC] No.42129191[source]▶
I think this is pretty good advice.

I think often AI sceptics go too far in assuming users blindly use the AI to do everything (write all the code, write the whole essay). The advice in this article largely mirrors - by analogy - how I use AI for coding. To rubber duck, to generate ideas, to ask for feedback, to ask for alternatives and for criticism.

Usually it cannot write the whole thing (essay, program )in one go, but by iterating bewteen the AI and myself, I definitely end up with better results.

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1. TZubiri ◴[14 Nov 24 01:06 UTC] No.42132063[source]▶
This is also a great PR press release for openai. They are telling users NOT to generate content with lazy prompts, but to use as an aid.

Sometimes I tried to be transparent in having used chatgpt like for minor stuff, and I got pooled into being a lazy fuck who submitted slob.

We are probably going to see an end to the bearish wave of ai and a correction towards reasonable AI use.

No, it cannot solve new math problems and is not as smart as Alakazam, but it CAN format your citations and make you a cup of coffee.