Hello: I'm looking to speak to people about the pros and cons of using ChatGPT to code for a story. Got an opinion either way? Lmk
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I also expect generative AI to make natural language prompts the standard user interface for a lot of applications in the future.
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Generative AI could also drastically change the way we educate children. How do you assign an essay if ChatGPT can spit one out on any topic, using any writing style?
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Midjourney took a lot more iterations. A LOT of images were way too dark/creepy/menacing for a children's book, so teams had to experiment with lots of prompts to get the right style (cartoon, illustrated, cute). The images take a while to render so this can become tiresome.
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Most teams were very impressed by the copy churned out by ChatGPT and the natural language interface made it easy to tweak (make it shorter, write at a reading age of 7, etc.). My team pretty much used the first result we were given. It was even prone to the odd flourish.
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The hardest part was getting up and running. We used
's ChatGPT for the words, and for the images. Getting registered, onto the beta, and working out how to navigate stumped plenty of people at the start.
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