Introduction 1About This Book 1Foolish Assumptions 2Icons Used in This Book 3Beyond the Book 3Where to Go from Here 3Chapter 1: Introducing ChatGPT 5Setting Up an Account 6Comparing ChatGPT, Search Engines, and Analytics 7Understanding What ChatGPT Is and Isn't 9Unwrapping ChatGPT fears 10Competing with ChatGPT for your job 12Redefining the Chatbot with ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus 14Comparing the two versions 16Sampling its many uses 16Discovering other forms of GPT 18Grabbing Headlines and Disrupting Businesses 20Grokking that ChatGPT is a harbinger of exponential change 20Weighing the initial effect on existing businesses and industries 21Bracing for future upheaval 22Breaking the spell of heartless machine overlords 23Opening the Door for Bigger AI Products 24Categorizing types of Generative AI 24Understanding ChatGPT's creator, OpenAI 25Chapter 2: Discovering How ChatGPT Works 27What's Different About ChatGPT 27Peeking at the ChatGPT Architecture 29Discovering the supercomputer and GPUs underneath 29Considering the importance of transformers 31Setting the stage: training the model 32Grasping the importance of the dialogue format 34Pondering ChatGPT's limitations 34Increasing the Number of Versions and Integrations 37Glimpsing ChatGPT in Microsoft add-ins 40Mainstreaming ChatGPT via the power of an API 41Checking out early ChatGPT API adopters 42Expanding the field of extensions 43Building New Businesses Based on ChatGPT 44Chapter 3: Writing Prompts for ChatGPT 47Prompting Basics 48Starting a chat 50Reviewing your chat history and more 52Understanding Prompt Engineering 54Circumventing Token Limits and User History Storage Issues 55Thinking in Threads 57Chaining Prompts and Other Tips and Strategies 58Chapter 4: Understanding GPT Models in ChatGPT 61Summarizing Model Progress 61Comparing GPT-4 to Earlier ChatGPT Models 62Choosing ChatGPT Models 64Learning about GPT-4 Advancements 67Adjusting to GPT-4's Limitations 68Chapter 5: Warnings, Ethics, and Responsible AI 71Making Responsible AI 71Troubling developments 72Protecting humans from humans using AI 74Understanding the good, the bad, and the ugly 75Heeding OpenAI Warnings 75Considering Copyright and IP Protections 77Searching for Predictability 78Reaching for reliability 78Hallucinating versus accuracy 79Humanizing the machine 81Mitigating Risks and Liability 83Chapter 6: Probing Professional and Other Uses for ChatGPT 87Finding ChatGPT Embedded in Software 88Locating ChatGPT in business software 88Integrating with everything, everywhere, all at once 93Zooming in on ChatGPT in virtual meetings 95Letting ChatGPT summarize and translate 96Searching for ChatGPT in other applications 97Seeing ChatGPT in AR, VR, and the Metaverse 99Discovering ChatGPT in search engines 101Coding with ChatGPT and Copilot X 103Learning Where to Use ChatGPT for Marketing 105Retrieving Smart Answers for HR 106Harnessing ChatGPT in Legal 106Storytelling in Journalism 108Consulting ChatGPT in Healthcare 109Cashing In on ChatGPT in Finance 110Chapter 7: Working with ChatGPT in Education 111Flipping Critical Thinking to a New Learning Model 112Leveraging ChatGPT to Aid Overworked Educators 115Changing How Subjects Are Taught 117Banning ChatGPT Stifles Education 120Chapter 8: Using ChatGPT in Daily Life 121Dying Keywords 121Moving from Information Search to Knowledge Assistants 123Living with Misinformation and Manipulation 126Narrowing Options 127Chapter 9: Recognizing the Ways ChatGPT and Generative AI Will Change the World 129Understanding What Is and Isn't of Real Concern 130Measuring the Good and Bad in ChatGPT 130Weighing Job Threats and Other ChatGPT Liabilities 131Sampling the Disruptions Ahead 132Chapter 10: Ten Other Generative AI Tools to Try 135DALL-E and DALL-E 2 136DeepL Write and DeepL Translator 138Cedille 139Notion AI 141YouChat 142ChatSonic 143Poe 144Jasper 146Durable 146God Mode 148Index 151
Pam Baker is a freelance journalist who is focused on emerging tech topics like artificial intelligence, data analytics, and edge computing. She is the author of Decision Intelligence For Dummies.
