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How I’m using AI now and why I’m still not impressed

Running a search or writing a short story is clearly within reach of our AI overlords, but let’s hold back before letting them run government services

Nicole Kobie is PC Pro’ s Future’s editor. She is fully aware there are more advanced AI models available to OpenAI subscribers, but that seems as sensible as paying an intern to slow down your work.

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E very now and then, I open up OpenAI’s ChatGPT in my browser and give it a task. Usually, this is spurred by sitting in front of a blank document, the cursor taunting me, needing a way into a story. ChatGPT often proves useful for this very first step, but with many caveats.

For example, I asked ChatGPT to draw up a list of key milestones in quantum computing as part of my Futures article this month (see p126). Quantum computing always makes my head hurt, so I thought a basic search task like this could be helpful. As always, I asked for links to ensure facts were verifiable. Although the AI did come back with a list of events, key details were entirely incorrect – including, oddly, dates.

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