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New to ChatGPT and you can’t seem to find your feet? Let’s get you started on the journey!
WHAT IS CHATGPT?
Just before you download and dive right into it, it is important to have an idea of what this tool is all about because this will help you figure out the tool and how to use it well.
ChatGPT{Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer} is an Artificial Intelligence tool that was designed by Open Ai that was just launched in November 2022 and ever since its launch, it has blown up massively to the point of having more than one million users. ChatGPT processes requests and formulates answers. Due to how effective the tool has proven to be, it has professionals in the content world, academicians, and even students using this magnanimous tool.
For example, if you put the prompt, “Write me a 2000-word story of a boy learning how to ride a bicycle”, the chatbox will generate an immediate well-written story plot for you to use and further develop on. ChatGPT can also be said to be similar to the automated chat services that you can find on some customer service websites or apps like the period tracker app, FLO where people can ask questions or be clarified on some things.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
This Ai tool is geared toward content creators especially in and around writing, that is,
- Writing and coming up with content for your niche.
- Solving math problems.
- Playing games.
- Research articles.
- Scripting social media posts.
- Songwriting.
- Copywriting.
- Helping with job openings and adverts.
- Writing cover letters and resumes.
- Code computer programs.
- Music Composition.
- Draft emails.
- Blogs posts.
- It can also be used to generate ad copies.
IS CHATGPT FREE TO USE?
Yes, ChatGPT is free for everyone to use, though the free trial has some limitations for word and character responses. The OpenAI has a premium version called ChatGPT Plus. Unlike the basic version, this costs $20 per month and of course, it boasts rapid responses you can get access to new features like GPT-4 which is a newer model and it is only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers so the free users are just stuck with GT-3.5.
ChatGPT made subscribers happy because it now has an official app both for IOS users and Android phone users so no one is left out. For a long time, we had to use a web browser in order to access the chatbox though it was initially restricted to the U.S now the iOS app has been expanded to some countries.
Another recent development that got everyone talking this month is the update whereby the AI chatbox can now give you prompt replies you can start a chat or conversation with it and it replies to your every chat. It also gives an added functionality where you are no longer logged out automatically and keyboard shortcuts have been enabled.
WHAT CAN IT REALLY DO?
ChatGPT was trained with an online text to learn and understand the human language, so it uses transcripts to learn the basics of conversations. To get started on CHATGPT two things are needed, a web browser either Chrome or Google, or the official iOS app.
Google the tool and click on the link here; openai.com. You need to create a free account with OpenAI before getting started. Click on ‘Try ChatGPT’. There is an option of either choosing a log-in with a Google or Microsoft account or you can log in using your email address. You’ll be asked to also input your phone number but you have to bear in mind that the AI tool doesn’t accept a virtual phone number to register. A confirmation number will be sent to you which you will have to enter to register. Immediately, you will be directed automatically to the site interface where you can start your research.
To show you how ChatGPT works, let’s do a test run, like for example, “Write Us A Song Titled Try”
In less than a second, it started writing me a song with verses and a chorus and if you are a songwriter, you can use this to aid your process.
FACTS ABOUT CHATGPT
One important thing you should note is that the AI tool is something to use to get your creative juice going and not just take the above and make a song out of it. Imagine someone else or a couple of people all over the world are making the exact search you just did and it gives them the exact same lyrics and we go on to write a song and it comes out into the world that a number of people have sung the exact same song.
Again, the ChatGPT isn’t free of problems because it makes mistakes whereby, it creates answers to questions it doesn’t know so it can be unreliable sometimes.
CONCLUSION
Apart from the official app one can download, there are other apps that are also using ChatGPT like Opera that has integrated ChatGPT into its web browsers so users can now summarize articles and web pages and also generate social media posts etc. Slack and Snapchat have also integrated the AI tool into their apps so you have to be careful of apps claiming to be ChatGPT apps because there is no other independent app for ChapGPT. Those sham apps can spread malware that can defraud you for some thousand dollars if one is not careful so that you not to fall victim to this, you either use the official iOS app or you can use any of your web browsers.
Lastly, do not solely depend on the AI tool to generate your content, take some from it but do edit the words and try to be unique so you can stay safe from getting penalized by platforms like Google if you are using AI-generated content.
