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PaperclipPerfector  1yr ago (text post)   3365 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for April 21, 2023

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What are the fun things you are doing with chat.openai.com? So far I'm using it to:

  • Rediscover childhood computer games I vaguely remember

  • Augment my DIY skills and help navigate the hardware store

  • Fill in the gaps in my memory of books, shows and movies or...

  • Filter the unimportant episodes to a show I don't want to watch entirely

  • Brainstorm or provide design inspo for my pet projects

  • Cherrypick examples to back up some argument in my head

It failed to discover the one video game I did want it to :(

In case anyone might know, it was an early 2000s or very late 90s PC side scrolling shooter where you played a macho male dude shooting guns at humanoid pigs in a bid to save a damsel in distress.

Other than that, I've used it to brainstorm ideas for my novel, polish up dialogue when I feel too lazy, study medicine (!) or at least the bits I slept through in med school, and seek information on various random facts where it would do better than Google.

I have used it to find watch orders for obscure anime too, now that I think about it.

Oh, and programming. I doubt I'll ever become a programmer, but it's great for understanding concepts or writing code.

I might even use it to make some small mods for Rimworld in the future.

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