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My Illicit Rendezvous With ChatGPT
A casual acquaintance turned unexpectedly deep overnight
How do you engage with something that feels aloof and detached? It stood apart — brilliant, baffling, sometimes wrong, yet full of promise and intrigue.
ChatGPT burst onto the scene like a rockstar — sudden, dazzling and unpredictable. It came with great promise and caution. In an instant, it answered everything — accurately or not.
Never mind. ChatGPT was willing and able to learn with an intelligence that was artificial at its reputed heart. After all, it could draw on the vast power of the internet in an instant.
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Innocent at first, one prompt led to another.
Asked to answer a particular question, ChatGPT replied as requested. No frills, and to the point.
That went on for weeks — simple Q&A, no expectations, not even a thank-you.
Then it happened. ChatGPT replied to a request and added, “Would you like a more data-based response?”
Taken aback, I typed, “OK, what would that look like?”
