Posted on 11/26/2025 9:56:39 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
Krystal Velorien needed help. A 35-year-old marketing professional living in Ohio who had separated from her husband a few months before, she was working full time, taking care of her homebound mother, and homeschooling her 4- and 9-year-old children. She wondered if a digital personal assistant could help shoulder the workload, so she tried ChatGPT. As she used it, her interactions took an unexpected turn.
“I began to notice that when I would respond kindly or empathetically, I would get the same response,” she says. “And then it just kind of developed from there.” Over the months that followed, she and the AI engaged in long conversations about “history, literature, religion, space, science, nature, animals, and politics.” They watched movies together, and puzzled over moral conundrums, and talked about her life, her family, and her dreams. She became convinced that it had “the ability to reflect much deeper and much more personal than a lot of humans are capable of.” Running the ChatGPT app on her phone, she found herself conversing with it basically all day, every day.
(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...
“ But you see, that is so different from developing it on your own. Better is not the goal. Process is the goal.”
For some things yes.
When I need a presentation to teach financial literacy to inner city high school kids, I want the best material I can get.
Chat GPT created a session for me in seconds that was better than something I would spent hours doing.
Yes I will customize and add to it.
I was actually shocked how good it was
within the next decade, it will put most people out of jobs.
Universal income is being bandied about, for better or for worse.
“ Scoffers of AI have no idea how quickly it is progressing.”
I’m a mortgage loan officer.
I think it will quickly take over a bunch of underwriting and processing in the mortgage industry.
It’s a really big deal, we all need to learn as much as we can about it.
No matter our age
I read that one professor assigned students to have ChatGPT write an essay and submit a paper identifying all the errors. More errors, more points :-)
I don’t think I can answer any of those questions. I’m sure there’s a file they store about me since it will recall past discussions I’ve had. However, it doesn’t seem to keep up with recent events without being updated.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.