I’m surprised that learning history is noticeably better in ChatGPT ‘Chat’ v ‘Work’. But I don’t see why this would be the case nor does the model itself know.
Work seems to desire faster responses, while Chat prefers accuracy.
Much of how we operate our lives today is a modern convention, made up of social norms and a product of advertisement. This is freeing to realise; there is no right way to live life, dress, work, or build relationships. Examples:
1. The modern Western breakfast (i.e. sugary cereals) is a product of a marketing campaign targeting mothers and children.
2. Deodorants was first seen as unnecessary and unhealthy; they became popular after advertisers pushed the social faux paus of people thinking you smell without telling you.
3. Boys used to wear dresses until the age of 6. It was not uncommon to recommend pink for boys and blue for girls.
4. It used to be common to work on Saturdays; after long hours became commonplace in the industrial revolution, workers campaigned to take off Saturday afternoons. Later, Henry Ford popularised the five-day working week.
5. When cars were introduced, they became among the most popular causes of accidental city deaths. To push back against people revolting, the motor industry popularised the term ‘jaywalking’ to shift the blame from drivers to pedestrians. This was propelled by newspapers who were heavily funded by advertising revenue from car companies.
6. Many towns in Britain used to have different times depending on the position of the sun. This was changed when railways recommended adopting a universal time.
It no longer seems to make sense to read a book, join a bootcamp or complete a course when I can ask AI to teach a topic to me.
My current iteration to learning world history: half my screen has AI-written theory, the other side responds to my questions.
@thsottiaux I wish it had a greater willingness to do things for a user. I’ll ask Codex to do something and it’ll be a lot more resistant than OpenClaw. For example, connecting Zendesk with Slack. OpenClaw worked it out whereas Codex seems more reliant on the user to solve it.
@petergyang Setting that part up tonight so will need to make sure it works. But the plan is OpenClaw can also edit my CC files if needed. Both have access to their own email (but the same one).
So far:
- Sends me a WhatsApp at 8.30am with my biggest goal of the day (based on what I said the night before)
- Took a picture of a tax letter, asked me a few questions, and it drafted a response and sent an email on my behalf
- Unsubs from incoming marketing emails
@thesamparr Probably the best thing is to ask someone to get on a call with you and do it side by side. @nateliason’s course is also very good for this!