Don’t be scared! This is what ChatGPT can do for you - Cyprus Mail

ChatGPT will shake, not break, our lives says devotee Alix Norman, who shares how you can use this innovative new technology

Remember when the World Wide Web took off? I was in little old Cyprus, asking Jeeves silly questions whilst chatting to taxi drivers In New York, mums in Melbourne, and princes in Nigeria (hmm!).

Then came Google (which, in December 2022, hosted nearly 90 per cent of online searches) and the world opened up even further: as a naturally curious person, I spent day and night learning about ‘weather tomorrow?’ and ‘can I afford property in Cyprus?’

And now we have ChatGPT which, though tipped to take my job (it won’t; you’ll see why), actually has my full backing. This AI-powered language generation model is, to my mind, the biggest game-changer since the personal computer. Granted, I’m no tech expert. But I am an early adopter: I was amongst the first to sign up to gmail and the cloud, and I’ve been a fan of SEO since it was barely a thing. But the potential of ChatGPT has me reeling.

For the average person, ChatGPT is a pocket Richard Osman: knowledgeable, amenable and a good writer. It’s also intuitive (it can continue conversations and pick up on meaning). And it’s free to use – though, as of February 11, there’s a $20-a-month upgrade plan that allows for faster response speeds and priority access to new features. In short, ChatGPT is the tech we didn’t know we needed…

In the media, the chatbot is often portrayed as an evil villain jumping on...

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