I was driving home from work Thursday night, and had to go for 90 minutes in stop-and-go traffic. I had an idea about a new architecture for a computer where the CPU, GPI, and I/O processor would all be socketed in identical processor sockets. I was talking through the busses with VoiceGPT for about an hour. (I think VoiceGPT is the name of the voice interface to OpenAI's ChatGPT. It is available with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.)
Note: I've been told my 3-processor idea is a horrible mistake, but I like it.
On my way home from Church, I can talk through something the pastor said.
On the way home from a class, a student can talk through something they did not quite understand in class. ChatGPT sometimes explains things in a way so that people who did not get it before understand it. If I still do not understand something, "ELI5" is my standard second attempt. VoiceGPT keeps answers short, so I do not have to go back through long responses as often, but if there is something I do nt udnerstand in the answer, I can drag it out for many more prompts.
A teacher (like myself) can assign students to talk through whatever thing(s) they did poorly on during an exam with ChatGPT or another AI. If the students drive a lot then they can do this with VoiceGPT. The transcript can count as a grade. I do this in my community college classes, but I expect my students to use the free version and type instead of talking.
For the first time, every student really can master every concept (subject to limitations on their time.) The magic here is one a student works hard enough to get an A or two in a field, classes that build on that are really easy.
I have learned some great prompting tricks. For example, we learn things when they are relevant to us. So, my first question is usually "I am a _______ working on (or learning) _______. Tell me why I should be excited about _______."
Another trick I use is: To reduce hallucinations, I do not ask "Tell me about _______." Instead, I ask "How familiar are you with _______?" If I start distrusting the answers, I start a new chat window and try again with revised prompts.
I can imagine future professional development where (for example,) a teacher realized they are not good at something and chats with an AI until they AI thinks they have mastered the concept. Imagine getting monthly 30-minute quizzes, and based on what you score, you are assigned professional development chats and simulations. For me this is much preferable to sitting in long meetings.
There are definately things that are too fast to do with voice. I could not follow VoiceGPT's math when it talked out math in the billions of transactions per second on busses on a hypothetical motherboard. That is why the transcription is awesome.
It's also nice to be able to tell VoiceGPT "I want you to take an note. Do not answer, just take a note." after it agrees, tell it what you want to take a note on, then go back to the conversation.
Note: I've been told my 3-processor idea is a horrible mistake, but I like it.
On my way home from Church, I can talk through something the pastor said.
On the way home from a class, a student can talk through something they did not quite understand in class. ChatGPT sometimes explains things in a way so that people who did not get it before understand it. If I still do not understand something, "ELI5" is my standard second attempt. VoiceGPT keeps answers short, so I do not have to go back through long responses as often, but if there is something I do nt udnerstand in the answer, I can drag it out for many more prompts.
A teacher (like myself) can assign students to talk through whatever thing(s) they did poorly on during an exam with ChatGPT or another AI. If the students drive a lot then they can do this with VoiceGPT. The transcript can count as a grade. I do this in my community college classes, but I expect my students to use the free version and type instead of talking.
For the first time, every student really can master every concept (subject to limitations on their time.) The magic here is one a student works hard enough to get an A or two in a field, classes that build on that are really easy.
I have learned some great prompting tricks. For example, we learn things when they are relevant to us. So, my first question is usually "I am a _______ working on (or learning) _______. Tell me why I should be excited about _______."
Another trick I use is: To reduce hallucinations, I do not ask "Tell me about _______." Instead, I ask "How familiar are you with _______?" If I start distrusting the answers, I start a new chat window and try again with revised prompts.
I can imagine future professional development where (for example,) a teacher realized they are not good at something and chats with an AI until they AI thinks they have mastered the concept. Imagine getting monthly 30-minute quizzes, and based on what you score, you are assigned professional development chats and simulations. For me this is much preferable to sitting in long meetings.
There are definately things that are too fast to do with voice. I could not follow VoiceGPT's math when it talked out math in the billions of transactions per second on busses on a hypothetical motherboard. That is why the transcription is awesome.
It's also nice to be able to tell VoiceGPT "I want you to take an note. Do not answer, just take a note." after it agrees, tell it what you want to take a note on, then go back to the conversation.