If you have been reading all the hype about ChatGPT and are a little skeptical like I was, go try it out.
I started by asking it some simple questions, such as the one below, and was impressed by the answers.
“What is Conversational Leadership?” gave me this:
Conversational leadership is a style of leadership that involves actively engaging with team members through open, honest, and respectful communication. It emphasizes the importance of dialogue, collaboration, and relationship-building in order to create a positive and productive work environment.
Conversational leadership differs from traditional leadership styles in that it values the input and ideas of team members and encourages them to participate in decision-making processes. It also involves actively listening to and addressing the concerns and needs of team members, and fostering a culture of trust and transparency.
This style of leadership can be effective in a variety of settings, including business, education, and government, and is particularly well-suited to fast-paced, dynamic environments where quick decisions and collaboration are key.
Credit: ChatGPT
I then asked it to write some WordPress PHP code for me and was shell-shocked. It returned perfect commented code in less than a minute, which would have taken me an hour to write and debug and even longer when I was less familiar with WordPress.
For example, I asked it to create a WordPress shortcode that retrieves a Wikipedia summary. It returned perfect code in less than a minute. When I wrote similar code myself a few months ago – it took me the best part of a day.
ChatGPT will have a massive impact on my productivity in further developing the WordPress site that underpins this blog/newsletter/blook and my writing. I doubt I will copy text verbatim, but if I do, I will credit it to ChatGPT. And in the same way, as I clip articles and blog posts to Evernote to inform my thinking, I will do the same with ChatGPT.
ChatGPT is not perfect but make no mistake, although it is hard to predict its impact, it is undoubtedly a game-changer.
Here is an excellent article where you can learn more about ChatGPT – What is it, what is it good at, and will it replace Google? but as I said above, go try it out.
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