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Please please please do NOT tell people that it is a good replacement for Google search. That's exactly a problem that people are having - they think of ChatGPT as a search engine; it is a language model and text generator! (this is why it's creating huge problems for lawyers, academics, and the like, when they ask it to find some sources and it makes up fake legal cases and scholarly papers).

Yes, it will always give you answer if you ask it a question you'd put into a search enging, but it may not be a CORRECT answer. It's just an answer that, according to its predictive language models, will SOUND very convincingly correct!

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I’m not an expert in anything parenting but I’ve potty trained two kids now. I think after two days if they still seem to have zero clue they are peeing shelve it for 6 weeks and try again. Potty training can get so intense. I felt this insane pressure to have them get it right away. The first time I tried with both my kids they just seemed to have no clue what was happening but after trying again in 1-2 months they got it fairly quickly. I’m sure I could’ve pushed through the first time trying with tons of tears and stress but it’s not worth it.

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Thank you for these ideas. I love the one about creating personalized bedtime stories! I never thought of that one. And I always struggle with gift ideas for family and friends, so I will try that next holiday season.

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It’s helped me to organize my writing & give me some ideas. But I’m careful not to rely on it wholly.

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do...do people actually do 3+ things in a day with small kids on vacation? That sounds exhausting. If we are lucky we manage 2 things, and thing 2 frequently results in tears. And that's with one 4 yr old.

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I love that AI got you dark chocolate bars! I've been using it for summarising things I know but don't feel like writing up (so I can check its accuracy) and putting things into nicely formatted charts and tables (election results, powers between different levels of government).

The recipe idea is a great one, shame about the cooking limitations though.

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I love these ideas! I was so apprehensive of ChatGPT at the start, but it really can be a huge time saver! I find it really useful for brainstorming ideas.

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