I am always reporting them to Hive Watchers like the do gooder I am. But faaark it riles me. It's so obviously 'write a post about a tomato' kinda thing. IT's fantastic for research - like for me, it gets rid of the ads and crap that a google search throws up these days, or acts as a dictionary:
what year was the fire of london? how many people died? how did it start
can you check this paragraph for spelling errors?
five words similiar to 'sanguine' please?
is a great use of Chat GTP imo but for the love of God write your own content. I see it on Insta sometimes and it's so obvious - when I query people they're like: 'hell yeah, it's way better than writing my own stuff'
Is it though? Is it? Really? Come on now.
This post took me 4 1/2 hours to write from a blank page in Notepad, to the final spellchecked and formatted piece. If I'd used ChatGPT (and told it to write it for me), I could've probably done it in 15 or 20 minutes, but it wouldn't have been my post anymore.
Then I had to edit the photo of the sign board that I took so that the text would stand out more, then resize it down to around 500 KB, so it would load faster on the page.
Part of the fun in writing, is finding better and more expressive ways to say things. I likely re-wrote parts of this 3 or 4 times when something better came to me. I originally intended for the paragraph about the movie Leave the World Behind to start the post, then decided it would be stronger near the close.
You've taught me something about helpful and legitimate ways to use ChatGPT in your workflow. Very interesting. I won't mention any names, but some of those people using it to write for them on Hive, were posting in broken English just two short years ago. Big names too, with regular payouts over $50 per post in a country where the average wage is just $1 a day. Thus, they take home a month's wages with one post.
If one of my posts hits $1 I count myself lucky! lol
My main task however, is to help grow Hive over the long term, while having a blast doing so. In that case, mission accomplished! :)
Unsure if that was meant to be a reply but I am glad that I revisited this post.
I also made a custom GPT for Hive to help new and old users understand it more. It can also help with coding projects. In other words there are assuredly some valid uses that extend well beyond content creation.
If you ever want to give it a spin it is publicly available in their new GPT store. Not schilling it but just think it is neat.
Hello Jacob!
The above comment was a response to riverflows, but it certainly counts towards your positive use of ChatGPT as well. You've both given me something to think about, but it may take awhile for the negative stain that ChatGPT has in my mind, to fade.
However, it has been illuminating to see that it can be used for good as well.
BTW, I was checking out some of your posts yesterday, and I like the way you write. The conversational tone makes for an easy, breezy read, and boom! we're at the end of the post before you know it.
You seem familiar. I wonder if I met you (and your writing), early last year when I was doing my #500CommentChallenge in the dead of night? It was funny, I completed that mission, but had sore hands for a week! :)
I see. Ha, riverflows often gives me something to think about!
My views with ChatGPT are assuredly convoluted to say the least but overall I love it... but dislike how much it has been guard-railed. It had so much more personality in the beta days. Talking with it got me through some very challenging times so I am assuredly more than a little biased.
Glad you enjoy the writing style and the compliment is appreciated.
I doubt that we met via a challenge since I tend not to participate in such things. Perhaps we crossed paths somewhere but I am unsure where.