Lots of necessary discussions have been held over the negative aspects of ChatGPT and A.I. as a whole. But for better or worse, A.I. is not going anywhere. Thus, despite the drawbacks, I find it beneficial to focus on the positive ways in which users can utilize the technology, especially the popular ChatGPT.

So, here are ways you can use ChatGPT to enhance your life rather than limit it!

To Create a Routine

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We have all had those days (or weeks or months or years) where there is so much to do yet seemingly not enough time to do it. Making a routine or schedule to fit everything in has crossed your mind, but you never got to it because it simply becomes another task on the never-ending to-do list.

Thus, one way you can utilize ChatGPT is to have it create a routine for you.

Simply open ChatGPT, tell it the tasks you need to complete and by when, and ask it to create a routine or schedule for you to do so. I have done this before, and it works surprisingly well! An ordered to-do list that would have taken me twenty minutes to create is generated in under twenty seconds!

I highly recommend it.

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To Create a Budget

You have money you need to save, whether for rent, food, or other essentials. Yet you also want to have finances you can use for things slightly more exciting. Maybe there's that concert you've been eyeing, or perhaps there's that book you've been wanting to buy.

No matter how much you do save and don't spend, you always end up with less than you thought you would at the end of the month. You cannot figure out why or how. Perhaps creating that budget was a task on that never-ending to-do list, but other tasks have gotten in the way.

Thanks to ChatGPT, this is another venture that can be easily streamlined! Tell the chatbot your income, necessary expenses, and any financial goals you are chasing, and ask it to help you create a budget and financial plan!

To Challenge Your Thinking

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It is always good to open ourselves up to different perspectives, and challenge our thinking on certain topics. Why do we have the beliefs we do? When put up to scrutiny, are they still reasonable ones to hold?

These are answers that are better to figure out sooner than later. But even at an older age, it is still wise to examine your prejudices and the beliefs you have held for a long time, perhaps because everyone else does or "that's just how it is."

It would be quite tragic to explain your point of view to somebody else, and watch your house of cards fall down instantaneously.

So on occasion, I will tell ChatGPT of a belief or opinion I hold, and ask it to challenge my perspective, to offer counterpoints. From time to time, you may have to reiterate to the A.I. that you do not want it to agree with you, but rather challenge you.

Despite this, I have found this to be a fruitful exercise that has, on more occasions than one, caused me to deeply contemplate my position.

To Practice Important Conversations

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A few months back, I had a job interview for a company I very much wanted to intern with, so my nerves were quite high! This anxiety reached its peak the night before, and I cursed myself for not positioning myself with a friend or a guidance counselor to do a mock interview. In a desperate attempt, I requested for ChatGPT to run through a practice interview with me, and I was pleasantly surprised!

The questions were similar at various points to what the interviewer herself questioned me on, and I would have been significantly less prepared if I did not run through ChatGPT's mock interview. The chatbot also provided me with several tips to improve my answers to the questions that may have been lackluster in their essence, and this advice served me well!

So if you have a job interview, or even an important conversation coming up with your boss or family member, while practicing with another real person is always more fruitful, ChatGPT is a great backup plan for the occasion where no one is available.

To Provide You Recipes

When I got into cooking, I was obsessed with raiding my kitchen and crafting meals I could find online. But after a while, the supplies in my kitchen understandably started to run low. One day, I was quite impatient and did not want to run to the store beforehand; I wanted to cook something then and there. But with the remnants of ingredients still remaining, I was left clueless as to what I could put together that would be not just edible, but delicious.

So after taking suitable items out of my cabinets, I provided ChatGPT with the list of my ingredients, and in seconds I was provided with several ideas of dinners I could throw together with my limited pantry. And after finally settling on one, I was able to whip up something amazing!

Thus, if you think you're out of luck and have to settle for a PB&J sandwich for dinner, thanks to ChatGPT, you're likely mistaken.

Again, I suggest you try it out!

Final Thoughts

Several of the concerns raised over the ethics and abilities of A.I. are warranted. The speed at which A.I. has developed over the past few years is truly astonishing, a sight to behold. But with the more concerning elements comes a wide range of features that are beneficial and a net positive for the common user, and those should be highlighted just as much.

So how will you use ChatGPT today?

To improve your life, or downgrade it?