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(DIR) Post #AaQiWWRFSEqls7xVey by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T14:59:27Z
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Here's how I'm finding ChatGPT useful in a weird way:1. I try to get it to write the description for a podcast episode. 2. It spits out hyperbolic vomit.3. I think, "WTF"?4. But then I actually write something better than I would have come up with on my own.I don't know what's going on. Somehow it inspires me or focuses my thinking to have to slog through its wrongness?Maybe as someone who works alone, I find it nice to have even a lousy writing partner.
(DIR) Post #AaQiqVdq7w79ByNYno by beecycling@romancelandia.club
2023-10-04T15:03:05Z
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@grammargirl I suppose anything that breaks the spell of the blank page is useful.
(DIR) Post #AaQjgPqAwM3qG6tqng by EvilCartyen@mstdn.dk
2023-10-04T15:12:11Z
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@grammargirl maybe it's like the old joke about how the best way to get an answer on a technical question on a programming forum is to create a second account and post a wrong answer.
(DIR) Post #AaQjr9SSBsoMdOvJI0 by calsnoboarder@universeodon.com
2023-10-04T15:14:29Z
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@grammargirl It has its uses. I like to prompt it to write things, then I have a bench mark to reach with my original writing. Though funny aside, more than a few times, because of how ChatGPT works, the prompts result in ChatGPT regurgitating my own writing back at me, even lifting quotes I got from clients in interviews for blog posts I have written for them.
(DIR) Post #AaQkZqgQqBTLRBm6Hw by dandb@mas.to
2023-10-04T15:22:25Z
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@grammargirl There's definitely something about flexing on a machine that gets the creative machine aworking
(DIR) Post #AaQkxtiRDa0FnBBFuy by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T15:26:43Z
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@calsnoboarder Wow. It's definitely a concern. I'm running all my guest written posts through a plagiarism detector these days, which I never did before, because I worry they could end up with lifted materials like that if they're using AI on their drafts. I'm pretty sure they aren't, but it's a new risk.
(DIR) Post #AaQlFmi60Fg5HGY8qu by ianRobinson@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T15:30:03Z
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@grammargirl GLOL at point 2 😂
(DIR) Post #AaQlQr81us22ALxXW4 by GreyAreaUK@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T15:32:00Z
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@grammargirl feels a bit like a type of ‘Rubber Ducking’.
(DIR) Post #AaQlf0L8Suc4mxptCa by cwwilkie@zirk.us
2023-10-04T15:34:50Z
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@grammargirl I find I get different results if I ask for "short summary" and "short meta-description." It seems to know what I mean.
(DIR) Post #AaQlh1otvvhBxTivS4 by herzleid@wandering.shop
2023-10-04T15:35:13Z
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@grammargirl Seems related to the mechanism of how you can often solve your own problem when you seek someone's help and have to explain it to them.
(DIR) Post #AaQo5j277T26q7o9Sq by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:02:04Z
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@GreyAreaUK Cool! I have heard of that concept, but I didn't know there is a name for it.
(DIR) Post #AaQo9Q9TGHzBRG0lE0 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:02:45Z
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@cwwilkie Thanks! That could be helpful.It has certainly occurred to me that maybe I'm just bad at writing prompts.
(DIR) Post #AaQoGKaCMhfwC5o9J2 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:04:01Z
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@herzleid Ha! I've certainly had "conversations" with my husband where he doesn't say a word, and then I find the solution I need and say, "Thanks for the advice," and we laugh.
(DIR) Post #AaQoLRdLZtY9Veidiy by herzleid@wandering.shop
2023-10-04T16:04:51Z
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@grammargirl Exactly like that 😂 A familiar concept in this family too.
(DIR) Post #AaQoLo9hqGVRMO1nDU by GreyAreaUK@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:04:53Z
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@grammargirl very old programming technique when you need to understand a problem - explain it to someone. If there’s no one present, a pet, pot plant or rubber duck will do nicely 🙂My cocker spaniels seem unimpressed, and are rarely directly helpful 😂👍
(DIR) Post #AaQoVcAnFOdf5pDFK4 by marinaepelman@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:06:34Z
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@grammargirl "anything you can write, I can write better; I can write anything better than you!”
(DIR) Post #AaQop4qIsYQXVnuQSW by cwwilkie@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:10:16Z
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@grammargirl It could be a matter of compatibility. Visit poe.com and see if any of the other chatbots feel more intuitive.
(DIR) Post #AaQp1RToXXAxCAHnOK by yetanotherjesse@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:12:31Z
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@grammargirl Back when I was slinging sandwiches and coffee at a local cafe, I found that just saying "You look like you want a ham and cheese on croissant" would always get an immediate decision from folks who had made it to the register and still looked adrift. They would respond with "oh that sounds great [thank you for not making me make another decision today]" or "No, I want a tuna on rye" it seems like whatever that effect is is at play here too.
(DIR) Post #AaQrc8NEjqkqYspiqm by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:41:34Z
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@yetanotherjesse Interesting!
(DIR) Post #AaQrdlfU82Mcij9Doe by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:41:50Z
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@marinaepelman 🤣
(DIR) Post #AaQrgFXK39L3w0VsTQ by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T16:42:20Z
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@GreyAreaUK I've heard many fiction writers talk about brainstorming with cats.
(DIR) Post #AaQrzCQBr6nXm9DGzI by GreyAreaUK@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:45:41Z
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@grammargirl I suspect - as a dog owner - that cats are far better for this than dogs. Cats have the right “I’m waiting to be impressed” attitude 🙂
(DIR) Post #AaQs5TBmQXPNW6Sl28 by GreyAreaUK@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:46:51Z
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@grammargirl by the way - my apologies if my comment came over a little mansplain-y. Wasn’t my intent, but re-reading it I thought “Ummm.”
(DIR) Post #AaR3puRcWU8wrgDcQ4 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-10-04T18:58:29Z
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@GreyAreaUK Thanks, but it was fine. I didn't take it that way. I love learning that there's such a cute a name for it.
(DIR) Post #AaR40hxJIS05JhBsC8 by GreyAreaUK@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T19:00:26Z
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@grammargirl Phew!My wife and I (both coders) frequently do this to each other!
(DIR) Post #AaR97KgOipruw3G3nc by TimH@mas.to
2023-10-04T19:57:39Z
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@grammargirl Perhaps it’s making you put on your editor hat instead of the writer hat.