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Disputing A Parking Fine with ChatGPT

Dec 10, 2022 permanent

This article covers a use case for ChatGPT, an exciting new product
by OpenAI.

At the time of writing, it's on the front page of Hacker News. Follow
the discussion here.

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Recently, on holidays in Far North Queensland, my wife and I parked
our rental car in a paid parking lot to visit a restaurant.

I paid using the EasyPark App per the council's instruction on
various signs throughout the lot.

When we returned, they had slapped a fine on our Toyota anyway.

Parking Fine

I double-checked what I had entered into the app. I mistyped the
number plate by one letter. Oops.

Since we have never received a parking fine before, and I had proof
of payment, I knew there was a good chance the council would let me
off if I sent a letter of explanation.

We had already been experimenting with ChatGPT, and the letter seemed
a good test case.

This is the prompt I first put into ChatGPT

This is the first response I first put into ChatGPT

The first response was close but longer than I would like. Plus, I
didn't tell it that I was planning to attach a photo of the fine and
proof of payment.

The 2nd prompt passed to ChatGPT

ChatGPT 2nd Response

That works. Now for a title.

Title request

I emailed that* from my phone and a day later received this response.

Response from Council

Council response

So you can dispute a parking fine with ChatGPT.

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ChatGPT is incredible - I cannot believe how well this technology
works. It's like having a talented personal assistant (who is often
wrong - need to read their work thoroughly) at your fingertips.

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* I used ChatGPT from my phone and didn't screenshot the prompt, so I
had to generate a new prompt/response for this blog post. It's
similar enough that I'm sure it would work too.